Potential Scam Victim

  If you received a phone call, filled out a form, or gave out information and think you could be a potential victim of a scam, we recommend you take the following steps.

1. Contact the credit reporting agencies to place a fraud alert on your credit reports. These are currently 90-day advisory only fraud alerts. You may reestablish a fraud alert with the credit reporting agencies on day 91. You will need an identity theft police report to extend the fraud alert for seven years.
    
2. Cancel all credit card, bank account, or ATM/Debt account numbers given out. Password protect those accounts.
    
3. Notify DMV if driver’s license number was also given.
    
4. Monitor your credit reports using the annual credit report system by staggering out your requests between the three credit reporting agencies every four months.
    
5. Monitor the monthly statements sent to you from the compromised accounts closely. If there is a questionable charge or change of information then report it to the fraud department of that company immediately and close that account.
   
   Links to Resources on our Website:
   
   Fact Sheet 123  I Gave My Info to a Scam Artist - Now What?
   
   Scams & Consumer Alerts
   
   Fact Sheet 125 Free Annual Credit Reports
   
   ITRC / Debix Message