A credit privacy number, or CPN, is a nine-digit number similar to a Social Security number. Companies may try to sell you a CPN with promises of guaranteed loan approval, but this is a scam. Using a ...

Imagine if you could press a reset button on your credit history — wipe the slate clean and start fresh. Sounds tempting, right? That’s exactly what some ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Demarr Fannell Greer, 39, of Edmond, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for fraudulent use of a Social Security Number, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s ...

(CNN) – What’s your credit score? To some, that three digit number can be more like a dirty word. If you want to make your score better, be careful. Schemers can not only steal your information — but ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Timatress Tenaka Cade, 31, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for using credit profile numbers, or CPNs, to falsely report her Social Security number in credit ...

(NEW YORK) — Identity theft has been an ever-growing problem, but authorities say there is a new twist on an old problem for us to worry about: Synthetic identity fraud. “Synthetic identity fraud is ...

A credit privacy number, also sometimes called a credit profile number, is purportedly a nine-digit number you can use in place of your Social Security number on a credit application. People and ...