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Identity Theft

Keep your identity safe and learn what to do if someone steals your personal information like Social Security numbers, credit card details, or bank account information.

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  • About protection for you and your family

    Department of Veterans Affairs

    Basic information on protecting yourself and your loved ones from cyber, phone, and identity scams.

  • How to avoid an identity theft scam to get tax and financial data from your IRS Online Account.

  • Veterans should be aware of cyber scams targeting their benefits, including phishing, identity theft, spoofing, email scams, ransomware, forgery and wire and mail fraud.

  • How to spot and avoid identity theft

    Federal Trade Commission

    Articles on how Veterans can protect themselves and their families from multiple types of identity theft, how to place credit freezes, fraud alerts, and other free resources available, and how to check their credit for free.

  • Identity Theft Central

    Internal Revenue Service

    Learn how to protect yourself and your family from identity theft, place credit freezes and fraud alerts, and access free resources available to veterans, such as credit checks.

  • What to do if you get an IRS or Social Security Administration letter saying you may have been a victim of employment identity theft.

  • Report fraud, scams, and bad business practices to the Federal Trade Commission.

  • Report Identity Theft

    Federal Trade Commission

    IdentityTheft.gov is the federal government’s one-stop resource for identity theft victims. The site provides streamlined checklists and sample letters to guide you through the recovery process.

  • Reporte el robo de identidad

    Federal Trade Commission

    RobodeIdentidad.gov es un recurso centralizado gratuito para ayudarlo a reportar y recuperarse del robo de identidad.

  • Reporte fraude

    Federal Trade Commission

    Proteja a su comunidad reportando fraudes, estafas y malas prácticas comerciales.

  • How to know if you’re a victim of unemployment identity theft; how to report being scammed.

  • VA Fraud Prevention Toolkit

    Department of Veterans Affairs

    This toolkit is a partnership between federal agencies, Veteran Service Organizations, Military Service Organizations, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to arm Veterans with the knowledge of the common schemes we are seeing.

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