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MontanaMama

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5. I posted this on another thread

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 10:31 PM

Sep 2017

but some of you may find it interesting...I went to the Equifax site and entered my info and got a pop up message that my identity had been breached. I then entered my spouses info and got the same message.i Hmmmmm. After that I entered fake names like Rainbow, Bumblebee and Birdbrain followed by fake SSN numbers and what do you know? All those identifiers were "breached" too. Something smells fishy.

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On NPR right now, discussing the Equifax debacle. [View all] sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 OP

we did credit freezes MontanaMama Sep 2017 #1

That's what I plan on doing mitch96 Sep 2017 #4

The thing is, trusting consumers are always shelling sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #10

There are people where $10 each way matters mythology Sep 2017 #15

Yes, there's the best and last resort solution. sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #6

Time will show sabotage malaise Sep 2017 #2

You just might have something there.... sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #7

Possibly the worst thing about it is that the help site Equifax set up is actually a tool to both Nitram Sep 2017 #3

How does anyone like them apples. sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #8

I admire your restraint, sprinkle. Nitram Sep 2017 #11

My New England nativity surfaces at times as does my sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #13

I posted this on another thread MontanaMama Sep 2017 #5

I did catch this post of yours, was it yesterday? sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #9

what get me is we are not the customer mitch96 Sep 2017 #12

We're their customers paying out $29.95 monthly for sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #14