THIS is exactly the same info i give to any body who gets there stuff stolen this is good and accurate info ...well done collins phila pa 1985 500 sec In a message dated 2/9/2006 8:31:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However, here is what is perhaps most important of all (I never even > thought to do this.) > 3. Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately to > place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. I had > never heard > of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an > application for > credit was made over the Internet in my name. The alert means any company > that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to > contact you by phone to authorize new credit. By the time I was advised > to do > this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. > There are > records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' > purchases,none of > which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional > damage > has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone > turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks. > > Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet and > contents being stolen: > 1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285 > 2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742 > 3.) TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289 > 4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271 > > We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything. >
