Posts Tagged ‘Fraud Alert’

Fraud Phone Call, Con man has my SSN?

Got Jobbed asked: A con man made a call claiming to be an officer from Department of Revenue. He said that I applied for LLC business license, but failed to complete paperwork. I was panic when I heard someone tried to file for LLC under my name. The guy said my ssn over the phone [...]

Who do I talk to first about this?

cherub asked: Our father died, and my brother has been using our dad’s ATM card to withdraw money from dad’s account. Brother also is living under our Dad’s house, driving our Dad’s cars, and going through our Dad’s valuable possessions. I fear he may be stealing things, and he has no authority to do this. [...]

Can a spouse open an account in your name?

Reggie asked: I have a credit monitoring service on my credit and found out I had a credit inquiry to open a utility account under my name. The company told me that whoever did this needed my SSN in order to open the account. I would like to believe that she would not do anything [...]

How Credit Monitoring Works

Jason Shafer asked: Credit monitoring is a helpful tool in the fight against identity theft.