Anyone been the victim of identity theft? Who did you report it to?
Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at
5:03 pm
Alexat asked:
I’ve filed a report with my local police dept, and filed a claim with the Federal Trade Comm, but since the fraudulent actions are happening out of state not sure who to call. FBI? State Police?
I’ve filed a report with my local police dept, and filed a claim with the Federal Trade Comm, but since the fraudulent actions are happening out of state not sure who to call. FBI? State Police?
Tagged with: Police Dept • State Police • Victim Of Identity Theft
Filed under: Identity Theft
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it happened to my mom she filed with local police and also contacted three major credit burreaus make sure u do that Equinov trans uniin and one more because they will red flag any credit applied for in ur name for extra scruntinty
As for fbi etc i believe local police make those contacts if needed
The local police will have to be responsible for the case if it originated from your home town. Or, it would be the police in the town where it is occurring, but your locals will work in concert with them.
The FBI will not take a report from you on this nor will they investigate it UNLESS several banks are involved and it becomes an interstate (several state crime) and the FDIC gets involved and a crime is committed against a bank using your identity.
What you should do immediately now is this:
Go to this sight and pull your free credit reports:
Look for the ‘Fraud Alert’ tab. Read the whole site over. Call the big three bureaus and have them put a block on your credit so NO ONE can use your identity to obtain more credit.
Stay in touch with your local police and see what they are doing.
Believe me, these are hard cases to investigate.
Your best bet is to block all of your credit, open a new checking and credit card / debit account and give the police time to work and for the credit bureaus to do their investigation.
You should contact the three credit reporting agencies, get a copy of your credit report to determine what fraudulent activities have occurred, and file a fraud report with each of the credit agencies. This should prevent any new accounts from being opened in your name. You should additionally dispute the and fraudulent activities on your credit report. Contact the companies that have been effected, and contact their security department. Cooperate with their investigation. The bank should usually have an investigator assigned to handle the fraud accounts. Most of all, be patient, this is frustrating and time consuming.
This free and unbiased web site has some good info on Identity Theft with links to articles and web sites which should help a lot