The Confidential Credit Card Report
The Authorities Are Hiding From You!
VOLUME 1
Identity Theft Protection / Identity Theft Prevention?
When an impostor co-opts your name, your Social Security number, your credit card
number, or some other piece of your personal information for their use and
appropriates your personal information without your knowledge, it is a crime of
identity theft.
You may not know you are a victim of identity theft until you notice that something is
wrong.
You may get bills for a credit card account you never opened, your credit report may
include debts you never knew you had, a billing cycle may pass without your
receiving a statement, or you may see charges on your bills that you did not sign for,
did not authorize, and do not know anything about.
Take control of the situation:
protection and identity theft prevention. The complaints about identity theft
that the Commission receives help it, and other law enforcement agencies,
track, investigate and prosecute identity thieves.
You can file a complaint with the FTC by contacting the Consumer Response
Center by phone: 202-FTC-HELP (382-4357); TDD: 202-326-2502; by mail:
Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania
Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20580; or through the Internet, using the online
Although the Commission cannot resolve individual problems for consumers,
it can act against a company if it sees a pattern of possible law violations.
3396), which provides information on identity theft protection and identity
theft prevention -- and how to network with other identity theft victims.
• If someone has stolen your mail to obtain access to your new credit cards,
bank and credit card statements, pre-approved credit offers and tax
information, or the person falsified change-of-address forms, (s)he has
committed an identity theft crime. Report it to your local postal inspector.
• If you discover that an identity thief has changed the billing address on an
existing credit card account, close the account.
When you open a new credit card account, ask that a password be used before
any inquiries or changes can be made on the account.
Avoid using easily available information like your mother's maiden name,
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