Identify Theft Help


Call the Credit Bureaus:

TransUnion Fraud Assistance Department  -  800-680-7289
Equifax Fraud Assistance Department  -  800-525-6285
Experian Fraud Assistance Department  -  800-397-3742


Contact the Social Security Administration:

Their web site is www.ssa.gov/pubs/idtheft.htm

800-772-1213

Contact the Federal Trade Commission

Their web site is  www.consumer.gov/idtheft/

877-438-4338

Fill out the ID Theft Affidavit on the FTC website, make copies and send to creditors.

Contact your bank and get new account numbers for all your accounts.  Pick a new PIN number for your ATM and debit cards.

Contact your telephone, long distance, water, gas and electrical companies to alert them that someone may try to open an account in your name.

Contact your Department of Motor Vehicles to change your driver's license number if someone is using yours as an ID.

Contact your local police department and file a police report making sure it lists all fraudulent accounts.  Get a copy of the report and send it to all creditors and credit-reporting agencies as proof of the crime.

Notify the Office of the Inspector General if your social security number has been used fraudulently.

Their web site is www.ssa.gov/oig/public_fraud_reporting/index.htm