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Report ID TheftIf you are a victim of Identity Theft the FTC suggests you:
1) Immediately place a fraud alert on your credit report by contacting one of the three consumer reporting companies.
Equifax # 800-525-6285
TransUnion # 800-680-7289
Experian # 888-397-3742
The nation's three credit reporting companies, Equifax, Trans Union, and Experian, have set up a system that will enable identity fraud victims to protect their credit information by making one toll-free call to any of them. Now, when a victim calls one of the credit reporting companies, the company will alert the other two.
Then each company will post a security alert on the victims credit file; opt the victim out of pre approved credit or insurance offers; and mail the victim a copy of his or her credit file.
2) Contact the financial provider with which the fraudulent accounts are held. Freeze or close all accounts that have been tampered with or opened fraudulently.
3) File a report with your local authorities and submit a copy of the police report to creditors if required as proof of the crime.
4) File a complaint with the FTC by calling the FTC Hotline at 1.877.ID.THEFT. Counselors are on hand to assist victims.
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