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Advice to combat, mitigate and/or prevent identity theft?

Thanks,

Anon because my office is aware of this situation.

[patentparanyc]

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.

http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs17-it.htm

At first glance, placing fraud alerts with three credit bureaus seems prudent as they suggest.

Also, AllState [insurance] and some credit card companies offer identity theft protection as well. maybe what you have does as well??

[Penske_Account]

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[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

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.

I don't understand the anon. If your office is aware of the situation, and they read this board, they will be able to identify you, right?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I don't understand the anon. If your office is aware of the situation, and they read this board, they will be able to identify you, right?

Good point. I meant to ask if anyone had any advice for my "friend."

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I don't understand the anon. If your office is aware of the situation, and they read this board, they will be able to identify you, right?

Maybe he/she doesn't want them to know which poster he/she is.

[Cletus Miller]

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.

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.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Cletus Miller
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.

Enroll in the Privacy Assist program (or whatever name it goes by) for your credit cards. They will then inform you right away if someone looks into your credit or tries to open a new card -- any sort of credit activity. It costs a few dollars a month. I had identity theft problems in 2005 and I enrolled then. It helps for peace of mind.

Actually, I misread the original question -- cancel your cards right now and get new ones. Then enroll in Privacy assist going forward with the new cards for peace of mind.

[bold_n_brazen]

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.

I'm going to assume you've already called your credit card issuers, and that you've filed a police report.

Fraud alerts on the credit reports aren't a bad idea.

In the alternative, you could have really lousy credit. A while ago, my (then) husband's identity was stolen. We were so deeply in debt with student loans, houses, cars, etc. that the thief tried and failed to open accoutns at Sears, Wilson Leather and Best Buy. Good times.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Good point. I meant to ask if anyone had any advice for my "friend."

Then again, now they can definitely identify you and search posts from the past about your admitted billing fraud.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Then again, now they can definitely identify you and search posts from the past about your admitted billing fraud.

I thought I only posted about that under my Not Me sock.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I thought I only posted about that under my Not Me sock.

That was you, not str8?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by dtb
I am so uncool.

But I did learn today that Combos are a "hunger management" snack. The package tells me so.

The package also states that they are made with real cheese. I notice no similar claim as to the pretzel element.

[Replaced_Texan]

Should the Barbaro sock and the Dead Horse's Shit Shoveler's sock combine now?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
The package also states that [Combos] are made with real cheese.

Has anyone ever believed this claim to be true? I am very skeptical. What does "real cheese" mean in this context?