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Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
Advice to combat, mitigate and/or prevent identity theft?
Thanks,
Anon because my office is aware of this situation.
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You can call the credit agencies and put a fraud alert on your files, but (i) it isn't necessarily going to prevent new accounts from being opened and (ii) it makes it a real pita if you are trying to get new credit from a lender who actually reads the report.
Hopefully, you didn't have anything with your SSN on it in the lost wallet. Without that, it's more of a challenge for the fraudster.
