An investment in learning about identity theft today will not only help protect your identity from thieves, but may also help restore your good name and credit if you become a victim of identity theft. Take a moment to learn how to protect yourself against identity theft and how to resolve the problems associated with this crime.
ID Theft Central is designed to launch a process of learning about identity theft.
Credit reporting agencies
Protect your identity with these services
- 90-Day Fraud Alert
- Consumer Credit Freeze
- Annual Credit Report
- OptOutPrescreen
- National Do No Call Registry
- FTC Affidavit
- Contact Tracking Sheet
- myE-Verify
Child Identity Theft
- What to do if your child is a victim of identity theft?
- Child Identity Protection program – Utah Attorney General’s Office
- Child identity theft credit file search at TransUnion
- Child identity theft credit search at Experian
Data Breach Law
Learn how to recover from identity theft
- Victim Assistance – Recover Instructions
- How to use a Police Report to recover from Identity Theft
- How to use an Identity Theft Affidavit
- Statement of Rights for Identity Theft Victims
Learn the basics of identity theft
- What is identity theft and how does it happen?
- What are the warning signs?
- Steps that may help prevent identity theft
- Immediate steps to take if you become a victim of identity theft
- Wallet or purse was lost or stolen
- Online resumés and identity theft
- Steps to protect your child from identity theft
- Criminal Record Created Because of Identity Theft
- Guide for guarding personal information at the work place
- Ask your local police department to add you to the FBI’s NCIC identity theft file for victims
Services provided by the credit reporting agencies (TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian)
- Consumer Credit Freeze
- What is a Fraud Alert?
- Instructions to Activate a 90 Day Fraud Alert
- Instructions to Activate a 7 Year Extended Fraud Alert
- Remove a Fraud Alert
- How to establish a credit history
Government records identity theft
- Social Security Number Identity Theft
- Do I have to give out my Social Security Number?
- Lost or Stolen Military ID
- Replacement Death and Birth Certificates
- IRS Taxpayer Guide to Identity Theft
- IRS Identity Theft Assistance
- Credit Check Requirement for Youth in Foster Care
- Implementing the Credit Check Mandate
Research Papers
Sample letters
- Initial Victim of Identity Theft Statement and Fraudulent Account Information Request – Credit Issuers or Merchant
- Initial Victim of Identity Theft Statement and Fraudulent Account Information Request – Checking Account
- Letter to Collection Agency Claim of Fraudulent Account
- Follow Up Letter to Collection Agency – Information Request
- Confirmation of Conversation – Letter of Clearance
- Letter to Collection Agency – Claim of Fraudulent Debt
- Sample Follow Up Letter to Collection Agency
- Sample Confirmation of Conversation Letter
ID Theft Central brochure, bookmark, and posters
- ID Theft Central Brochure
- ID Theft Central Poster 8.5 x 11
- ID Theft Central Poster 18 x 24
- ID Theft Central Poster 24 x 36
- CIP Poster 18 x 24
- CIP Poster 24 x 36
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