I lost my wallet, how do I protect my self from identity theft?
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at
1:01 pm
I have called and canceled my credit cards but what about my license and other id cards how can I prevent someone from stealing my identity?
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Report those as stolen too. You should also get Identity Theft insurance from Zander Insurance.
File a police report and contact the credit agencies (all 3 of them)and let them know your information was stolen. A lot of them have programs that will let you know if any new credit was open in your name.
Quickly check your bank accounts and then if you don’t find it within a few days cancel everything and go get new ID cards and credit cards. I know you might think this sounds silly but say a prayer to help you find it and then search all of the places you already have but do it carefully and don’t get panicked or worked up cause it won’t help.
Your identity is in any case in public domain, without which you are unknown. Inform concerned authorities about the lost documents and get them blocked to stop misuse. Arrange replacement immediately. Stop worrying. Take action fast.
Call all credit cards to report stolen.
If any of your card have identity thief protection program enroll it for a few months.
First, report your credit cards and debit cards as stollen. Next report your Social Security Card as stollen (if you keep it in your wallet) as well as ANY OTHER IDENTIFIING CARDS such as your drivers licence, your voters registration card ect. Then you need to get a credit report FROM EACH ONE OF THE THREE CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES. When these reports come, pay careful attention to any new accounts opened or new activity. Make sure that ALL companies such as banks, credit card companies, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Social Security Administration, and your township voters department are fully aware of your lost records. Lastly, but CERTAINLY not least, get a police report that documents when your wallet was lost or stollen and all of the documents which were contained within it. This should protect you from your identity being stollen and if it is still stollen it should minimize the reprocussions to you.
Call the police so that the incident can be documented. Then also call the companies associated with your id’s and your licence. Also think about identity-theft isurance.