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CORRESPONDING POST: Video Post: Identity theft is the No. 1 type of consumer fraud

 

WEBSITE: Free Annual Credit Report

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Consumers in the U.S. are entitled to a free annual credit report. Go to this site to request your credit report each year. You may request your free annual credit report from all three major credit reporting bureaus—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion— all at one time, if you wish. However, if you spread out your requests to each over the course of the year, you can get a free annual credit report every four months. The free annual credit report is only available through this Web site. (From what we have been told, those of you who are under 18 will need to ask your parent or guardian to request your report for you, in writing. Regardless of age, do not share this private information.)

 

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VIDEO POST: Identity theft is the No. 1 type of consumer fraud

VIDEO:  http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft//video/avoid-identity-theft-video.html

Quick Thought: learn the different ways how Identity thieves steal your identity and the potential impact on your financial life as well as what to do if you have had your identity stolen. Also learn how to protect you’re yourself from identity fraud.

READERS : Has your identity has been stolen? If yes, tell us, what did you do after you found out? How did you reporting and correcting the situation?