When recovery is impossible Most identity theft is undertaken for financial gain; thieves access your account information to ring up false charges and make withdrawals, or they establish new credit… read more →
Special Circumstances We’ve provided the essential recovery steps that every ID Theft victim should follow, but each case of ID Theft is unique, and many victims may need to contact… read more →
Your rights as a victim It’s important to know your rights as a victim when you are working to recover from Identity Theft. Consumer advocates have made great strides in… read more →
Following up If you’re following our advice properly, you now have a detailed file containing your credit reports, police report or case number, ID Theft Victim’s Affidavit, and a log… read more →
Steps Three and Four: Police Report and FTC Affidavit The first two steps we discussed in the ID theft recovery process were to contact your credit bureaus and place fraud… read more →
Step Two: Contacting your creditors We previously covered your first step in recovering from ID Theft, which was to contact the credit bureaus to place a fraud alert on your… read more →
Step One: Fraud Alert After you’ve gotten organized and are prepared to keep accurate and complete records of all of your efforts to recover from ID theft, the first places… read more →
