What is identity theft?

Identity theft refers to the unauthorized use of an individual's personal identifying information (PII), such as name, social security number, bank information, and other related sensitive information that can compromise a person's privacy, security, and financial assets.

What should I do if I’m a victim of identity theft?

Begin by analyzing the situation and reviewing the compromised information. Then, notify the relevant authorities, such as your bank, insurance agency, a local police station, or a national cybercrime complaint center. While the relevant authorities are helping you with the case, check and secure your financial accounts, devices, and proof of identity. McAfee Total Protection Ultimate plans include identity theft insurance to cover up to $1,000,000 of qualifying losses, and hands-on restoration support to help you reclaim your identity. Identity theft insurance not available to McAfee Security for T-Mobile subscribers in the State of NY or Puerto Rico due to regulatory compliance.

How do I prove I was a victim of identity theft?

You must report identify theft to the FTC at https://www.identitytheft.gov/#/assistant or 1-877-438-4338. Prepare your personal identity documents such as ID cards or SSN to verify your name, utility bill/mortgage statement for address verification, along with bank or credit card statements to show where fraudulent transactions took place. The identify theft report proves to businesses that your identity has been stolen.

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McAfee can help you keep tabs on up to 60 unique pieces of personal data, including email addresses, credit cards, bank accounts, government ID numbers, and more.

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A timely response can make your breached info entirely useless to a fraudster who is trying to find out more about you.

McAfee's identity monitoring service can detect and warn you of a breach an average of 10 months in advance of similar services, so you can secure your info before they use it to access more of your personal info.

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Identity monitoring is just one of many ways McAfee can help keep you in the know if you're at risk. Hackers will generally pursue multiple avenues of attacks to try and get enough information on you or your loved ones to achieve identity fraud.

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What should you do if your email is found as part of a breach?

Secure your account

Change your password for the affected login account. This will stop hackers from accessing your account and stealing more information about you.

With McAfee, you'll have access to detailed information to help you determine which account is at risk.

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An identity thief generally uses stolen login info from a breach to try and access other accounts that may have the same email and password combination.

Use a secure password manager to generate and store unique passwords for every site where you have an account. McAfee can help you with our encrypted password manager, synced online across multiple devices for your convenience.

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Breaches occur when companies who have vulnerabilities in security are exploited by hackers.

McAfee can help you stay ahead of identity theft by detecting and alerting you of these breaches an average of 10 months in advance of similar services, to give you a fighting chance of averting identity theft altogether.

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We continuously monitor for threats to your identity on the dark web.

Alert

We'll alert you of any info found on the dark web and provide guidance of actions to take to secure your accounts.

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If you become a victim of identity theft, a licensed identity restoration expert will work with you to fix it.

How does identity monitoring work?

We monitor your personal info for breaches so you can take action to secure your
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Enter your personal info to be monitored. We’ll monitor the dark web for the most critical details of your life online, like bank account and credit card numbers to your email addresses, national IDs, and more.

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You’ll be alerted up to 10 months before similar dark web monitoring services if your info is found where it shouldn’t be.

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Get quick and guided help to secure your identity. We’ll help you to reset your passwords to help ensure your accounts and personal info stay protected.

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Here’s how this feature takes your personal info back from data broker and people search sites.

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We'll direct you to remove your personal info from public data broker & people search sites or do it for you with our Advanced plan.

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We'll regularly scan data broker & people search sites for your personal info and alert you if it's found or reappears with our Advanced and Ultimate plans.

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Our antivirus protection helps secure you from online threats like phishing, viruses, hackers, and ransomware. It runs in the background to provide real-time protection to all your devices, without interfering with your browsing experience.

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FAQs

These answers might help.

Identity theft refers to the unauthorized use of an individual's personally identifiable information (PII), such as name, national ID, bank information, and other sensitive information that can compromise a person’s privacy, security, and financial assets.

You can protect yourself against identity theft by securing your personal information -- online and offline. Make sure to engage in best practices such as using strong passwords, protecting your devices with updated security software, monitoring your bank transactions, securing your personal documents, and minimizing the amount of information you share online.

For proactive protection, McAfee® can actively monitor your sensitive information and give step-by-step guidance when you need it the most.

Begin by analyzing the situation and reviewing the compromised information. Then, notify the relevant authorities, such as your bank, coverage agency, a local police station, or a national cybercrime complaint center. While the relevant authorities are helping you with the case, check and secure your financial accounts, devices, and proof of identity.

The most common form of identity theft is financial identity theft, which refers to any type of theft when someone uses another individual’s information for financial gain. Some examples are New Account Fraud, Account Takeover Fraud, Business Identity Theft, and Tax-Related Identity Theft.

As online security threats grow, it's important to know if cybercriminals have stolen your personal information. If we find your data on the dark web, or you suspect that your data is on the dark web, this article from our knowledge center provides the steps to protect your identity.

You can access and manage your identity protection on protection.mcafee.com.

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Identity theft protection and privacy for your digital life

Why do identity theft protection and privacy matter?

1 in 5 people​

85%

76%​

1 in 5 people

76%