Victims of crime

The Federal Trade Commission is the U.S. Government's central website for information about identity theft. This site includes government reports and Congressional testimony, law enforcement updates, and consumer alerts. Victims of identity theft will find useful information on how to report identity theft and steps to protect their credit.

When Your Child's Identity Is Stolen

This site provides information on how to protect your child's identity, signs that your child's identity may have been stolen, and what to do if your child is an identity theft victim.

TransUnion: Child Identity Theft

This site provides information about how parents and guardians can check the TransUnion credit file of a minor child to ensure they have not been targeted by identity theft.

Equifax: Are My Children at Risk of Identity Theft?

This article provides advice on how to manage a child's credit, including what to do if you think your child may be an identity theft victim.

Federal Trade Commission: Back to school: Protect your child’s information

In the wrong hands, the personal information on school forms can be used to commit fraud in your child's name — to apply for government benefits, open credit card accounts, or apply for a loan. This blog post provides information on how you can help protect your child's identity.

Stolen Futures: A Forum on Child Identity Theft

OVC and the Federal Trade Commission held a forum in 2011 to discuss child identity theft. Read transcripts from forum sessions that explored the nature of child identity theft—including foster care identity theft and identity theft within families—with the goal of advising parents and victims on how to prevent the crime and how to resolve child identity theft problems.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Managing Someone Else's Money

This site provides advice to help financial caregivers manage the financial decisions of a loved one, provides information on how to watch out for scams and financial exploitation, and what to do if your loved one is a victim.

U.S. Administration on Aging

This agency promotes the well-being of older individuals—including protection from elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation—by providing services and programs designed to help them live independently in their homes and communities.

OptOutPrescreen.com

The official website of the consumer credit reporting industry, this website allows consumers to opt-in or opt-out of unsolicited credit or insurance offers. You may also call 888-567-8688.

National Do Not Call Registry

The National Do Not Call Registry allows you to prevent telemarketers from calling your home or mobile phone with unsolicited offers.

Internal Revenue Service: Identity Theft Central

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides this identity theft resource to help individuals, businesses, and tax professionals when personal information is stolen in order to commit tax fraud. The IRS also provides information on how to prevent and report tax-related identity theft.

Federal Trade Commission: Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Business

The loss of sensitive customer information can harm businesses by impacting customer trust or even opening your business up to lawsuits. This resource provides the steps businesses can take to avoid security breaches in order to protect sensitive customer data.

World Privacy Forum: Patient's Guide to HIPAA

This resource helps patients understand health privacy laws.

National Association of Attorneys General: Find My Attorney General

This section of the National Association of Attorneys General website provides contact information for the attorney general of each state or territory in the United States.

Identity Theft Resource Center: Tracking Your Identity Theft Cases

This site provides information about how identity theft victims can effectively track, manage, and organize their case. No-cost direct assistance and a personal plan can be created by contacting the Identity Theft Resource Center hotline at 888-400-5530 or by using the live chat feature.

Federal Trade Commission: Identity Theft

This section of the Federal Trade Commission website provides information about identity theft, tips on how to protect your identity, and steps to take if your identity has been stolen.

Social Security Administration: Office of the Inspector General

Among its responsibilities, this office is tasked with preventing and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in Social Security Administration programs and operations. The office operates a fraud hotline where you can report suspected cases of fraud, waste, and abuse.

U.S. Postal Inspection Service

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is responsible for investigating fraudulent use of the U.S. mail and postal system. Victims of mail crime—including identity theft, fraud and mail theft—can file a report with this office.

Federal Trade Commission: Credit Freeze or Fraud Alert: What's Right for Your Credit Report?

Victims of identity theft may want to place an extended fraud alert or a free credit freeze on their credit file. This article provides information on both extended fraud alerts and credit freezes, along with the steps victims can take to implement them.

Federal Trade Commission: Disputing Errors on Your Credit Report

This site provides information and other resources for verifying that your credit report is accurate, how to correct mistakes (including a sample letter), how to monitor your credit report, and how to report scams.

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