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“Most of the people who end up losing money to a scammer are behaving pretty rationally,” said Kati Daffan, assistant ...

Identity theft can happen quickly and quietly. A stolen Social Security number, a misused credit card, a fake address tied to your name — it’s possible for someone to impersonate you without ...