This is a story about identity theft and how I discovered my identity had been stolen. Some of the headaches, the endless paperwork and the things I wished I would have known years ago. I am determined to get back to a FICO score above 720
I go the every 90 days email from Lifelock that my credit file is still protected today… Here is a copy of their short and sweet message:
Fraud Alerts Requested
Dear Kevin,
An important component of our protection services and guarantee is the submission of fraud alerts, to the credit bureaus, on your behalf. Per your instructions, we [...]
So I just got my Equifax notification about credit monitoring. I love this type of confirmation.
For the last month, Equifax Credit Watch(TM) has been helping protect you from identity theft.
We’ve been monitoring your credit file and are pleased to inform you there were no inquiries
or other critical events reported in the last month. [...]