Sat 17 Mar 2007
How To Avoid Identity Theft
Posted by JW under Bag Theft
The Guardian was posed the following question:
I had my handbag stolen on Christmas Day at a motorway service station. There wasn’t very much cash in it and I immediately cancelled my credit and debit cards, but the bag also contained my house keys, address book and various other documents, possibly including letters from utility companies and banks etc. Is there anything I need to do to discourage or uncover identity theft should it happen? Should I contact the main credit reference agencies, for example? I do not run a business, but I am a homeowner and also have a buy-to-let property.
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March 17th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
You are right to be concerned.
You should definitely contact the credit agencies and file a police report, if you have not done that. You also should ask to see your medical records to make sure everything contained there is about just you.
If you are in the USA, check with Social Security and the IRS to make sure their records on you are only you.
Checking criminal databases would be wise also.
That is an awful lot of work but all of those are areas where your information could be misused, leaving you in trouble.
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