Continued from Part 1 of Identity Theft – When It Happens To You… Identity Theft: Due to provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, you can only place an initial fraud alert for 90 days. The credit bureaus will then send you a notice displaying your rights as an identity theft victim. As soon you [...]
To avoid identity theft, the best way is to put your credit report on a freeze. How does credit freeze work and why should you consider it? What is Credit Freeze? You may already be aware that lenders check a person’s credit report before approving an application. Nevertheless, other companies which you did not send [...]
Discovering that you have become a victim of identity theft crime is difficult to handle. You’ll face rage, shame and anger that it even happened and that you are its latest victim. But worse is the frustration you’ll encounter as you try to clear up the dreadful mess left behind. Since identity theft usually tends [...]
Continued from Part 1 of Recovering From Identity Theft… 1. Construct your letter of dispute, a personalized and professional letter (not some template downloaded from the Internet) for each of the incorrect entries on your credit report and each CRA that you’ll be sending your letter to. In brief, describe your dispute issue in the [...]
Continued from Part 2 of Recovering From Identity Theft… This process will test your patience to its limits but persevere and by working through the steps outlined for each and every error or mistake at least you cannot be accused of not furnishing enough information for the CRAs. Do bear in mind that just because [...]
Over nine million people each year report that they are the victim of some type of identity theft. As criminals continue to find new ways of committing fraud, we must also continue to remain diligent about protecting our personal information. As more and more people use credit cards and debit cards to shop or pay [...]
Identity theft is a horrible problem. Those whose identities are stolen must go through so much legwork just to get their lives back on track. The worst part about identity theft is the fact that so many people believe that it could never happen to them. In all honesty, they could be no further from [...]
Why is it important to prevent identity theft? Because it is the fastest growing crime, and possibly the defining crime of the 21st century. Identity theft is a problem that is not going to go away, and it is important that you know how to protect yourself from becoming a victim of this terrible crime. [...]
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