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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I currently am a victim of identity theft. It started in May and is still going on. I realized it was happening in August. Someone is trying to open credit cards in my name using my SSN. They successfully opened 4 cards before I realized and put a fraud alert on my account. Now I get calls whenever my credit is accessed. Got another one two days ago, so in light of that and in light of this Equifax mess, I decided to freeze my credit yesterday. Took me maybe 15 mins. K used the bnumbers and websites below. I hope you all have luck with this route. I believe this is happening to me because of that Equifax breach, and I'm pissed

For credit freezes:
TransUnion.com
1-888-909-8872
Experian.com
1-888-397-3742
Equifax.com
1-800-349-9960[/quote]

Why didn't you put a freeze in August. That was my first phone call when it happened: to freeze and to remove unknown addresses from the file (add notes to file first, they are removed now), then calling the companies with the accounts I didn't open.[/quote]

Because it was recommended to me by the credit bureaus and the credit card companies to start with a fraud alert on my credit. And that worked. With that I was able to stop two cc's from being opened. But after I learned about Equifax last week and another credit line was attempted, I decided to freeze. [/quote]

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