Posts Tagged ‘Social Security Number’

My Social Security Number has been stolen, what will the thief do with it?

jake asked: So my undergraduate school recently announced that they let a computer with my name, address and SSN get stolen (along with 38,000 other people’s SSN). I have already signed up for credit monitoring and put a fraud alert out, but my question is: What will the thief do with my SSN? What do [...]

Can anything be done about Countrywide’s ex employee selling my info?

Say What? asked: Im sure most of you have received a letter- “We are writing to inform you that we recently became aware that a Countywide employee (now former) may have sold unauthorized personal info about you to a third party……this incident included your name, address, social security number, mortgage loan number and various other [...]

How would you know if somebody opened up a bank account or wrote a fraudulent check in your name?

Jerry Benson asked: My employer lost sensitive documents containing our social security number, birthdate, ect. I currently have credit monitoring from all three credit agencies but that does not monitor bank accounts. Is there a way I can monitor bank accounts and bad checks written or cashed in my name? What can I do so [...]

Credit Report Monitoring

Greg Mckeon asked: One of the biggest threats to consumers is the lack of credit report monitoring. Most of us know that fraud exists but don’t realize just how big the threat is. Con artists prey on the naive and the greedy and they’ve honed their skills for years duping their victims out of money [...]