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USALiberal

(10,877 posts) Sat Sep 9, 2017, 04:13 PM Sep 2017

5 things to do right now if you're worried about the Equifax hack [View all]

Summary, but more details about the steps at the link......

1. Check your free credit reports
2. Put a fraud alert on your credit
3. Keep an eye on bank accounts and credit card statements
4. Sign up for a credit monitoring or identity theft protection service
5. If you're really worried, put a freeze on your credit

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/09/pf/what-to-do-equifax-hack/index.html

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5 things to do right now if you're worried about the Equifax hack [View all] USALiberal Sep 2017 OP

tell the CC companies not to issue any new cards. not sure how to do that tho nt msongs Sep 2017 #1

You have to put a freeze on all 3 agencies. See... CurtEastPoint Sep 2017 #3

Credit cilla4progress Sep 2017 #2

just visited annualcreditreport pulled trans union all looks good but that site has msongs Sep 2017 #4

Did that customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #5

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