After the Theft

By bikram • January 25th, 2010

If you are not the one who has got his identity stolen many times, I am certain, you are not aware of the credit bureau responsibilities as described in The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act. This knowledge will help you in form a realistic expectation from the credit bureau.
Duties of the credit bureau
The Credit [...]

Damage to your credit report is the real damage done by the identity thieves, which comes to haunt many even after the identity theft damage prevention measures have been taken. Fixing the damage done to your credit report can be frustrating at times. But, it needs to be done, as your financial well being depends [...]

Don’t Panic!
Well, this may look like a message engraved on the cover of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, the legendary book written by British writer Douglas Adams, but this is precisely the reaction you should have when confronted with identity theft. There are government agencies and federal as well as state laws to help [...]

Filing an identity theft insurance claim is important if you become a victim of theft.  If you have identity theft insurance, this is a necessary step to reclaiming your identity.  Beyond the normal steps everyone should take, your identity theft insurance claim will help you quickly repair the damages you suffer.  So to file an [...]

Pressing charges against an identity thief can be a long process.  Finding out how to do just that can also be a very long process.  So here’s a quick guide to the legal process of persecuting an identity thief, once you’ve caught them.
The first step to taking any sort of legal action, is filing a [...]

I’ve written here about the risks of your child becoming an identity thief.  The risks can be higher than you may realize, and I gave good examples of how to tell if your child has been a victim.  But if your child’s identity was stolen, you still have to reverse the damage.  How exactly do [...]

How can you tell if someone has stolen your identity?  Knowing the preventative measures is useful, but how do you know when you’re a victim?  That’s extremely important, wouldn’t you think?  How can you fix your credit, if you didn’t know your credit needed fixing?
Well the first, best, and most effective way is to monitor [...]

No matter how much you can protect yourself, identity theft is still a real risk that can happen to you.  Identity theft has just become so rampant that anybody is vulnerable.  So part of protecting yourself these days, is knowing what to do once you’ve been hit by identity theft.  Thinking of this like a [...]

Identity theft is something that can take hold of your life without you even knowing.  The results can be devastating, sometimes resulting in years of damage limitation and reparation.  Once that thief has a hold on your identity, there’s no telling how deeply they can abuse your information, and sometimes that’s a very steep hill [...]

Identity theft just gets easier and easier for the criminals that perpetrate your personal information.  So every person really needs to know how to respond to an identity thief, considering we’re all at risk.  Especially considering many people don’t really even know where to turn when they find their identity has been stolen.  So here [...]

Earlier I covered what medical identity theft itself is, but how do you overcome and erase the damage done once you find yourself a victim of medical identity theft?  Well first off you should start by closely monitoring your credit, something that everyone should do anyway, and making special note of anything involving medical bills [...]

Identity theft can happen to anyone, and one of the most common ways is through the loss of your Social Security Card, which contains your full name and Social Security Number, everything a crook needs to assume your identity.  But the big question is, what do you do if you believe your Social Security Number [...]

Identity theft happens, now what? It’s time for your plan of attack. And this is not something you can put off until tomorrow.  So, let’s take a minute, and a deep breath to get the most important things done ASAP.
Close the accounts that you know, or think, have been tampered with. [...]