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  2. Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act - Wikipedia

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    Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act; Other short titles: Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act: Long title: An Act to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit information, and for other purposes.

  3. What is credit monitoring? - AOL

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    Report fraud/identity theft: If you find suspicious activity on your credit reports, contact the credit bureaus and consider filing a police report. You may also consider freezing or locking your ...

  4. 2017 Equifax data breach - Wikipedia

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    Between May and July 2017, American credit bureau Equifax was breached. Private records of 147.9 million Americans along with 15.2 million British citizens and about 19,000 Canadian citizens were compromised in the breach, making it one of the largest cybercrimes related to identity theft. Equifax discovered the breach end of July, but did not ...

  5. Credit freeze - Wikipedia

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    This form of identity theft occurs when a criminal opens credit in another individual's name. In the credit origination process, access to a credit report is critical for a lender to make a risk assessment. Because a credit freeze effectively stops any access to the credit report, it places a block in the process of issuing credit.

  6. Credit Card Fraud vs. Identity Theft: What's the Difference?

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    The terms credit card fraud and identity theft are often used interchangeably, but they're not the same. In general, credit card fraud occurs when someone steals your credit card information and ...

  7. Real-Life Identity Theft Horror Stories - AOL

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    Identity Crisis. Identity theft has become common in the United States. The Federal Trade Commission got 1.4 million reports of it last year as the pandemic worsened the trend.Incidents in 2019 ...

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