Massachusetts

Identity Theft in Massachusetts

• Identity theft Law - Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 37E
  False Impersonation and Identity Fraud.
  www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw98/sl980397.htm

Massachusetts Credit Freeze Program

• House  No. 4144
  www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/MA_security_freeze_law.pdf
  • Eligibility: All consumers
  • Effective date of law: February 3, 2008
  • Fees: No fee for identity theft victims or victim's spouse. $5 to place the freeze, lift it temporarily, or remove it altogether
  • Place the Freeze: www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/securityMA.pdf

Contacts in Massachusetts

• Attorney General: Martha Coakley (D)
  1 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108-1698
  Phone: (617) 727-2200
  Website: www.ago.state.ma.us

  CRAs and FTC

• Equifax
  PO Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
  Phone: (800) 525-6285
  Website: www.equifax.com
• Experian
  PO Box 9701, Allen, TX 75013-0949
  Phone: (888 )397-3742
  Website: www.experian.com
• TransUnion
  PO Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834
  Phone: (800) 680-7289
  Website: www.transunion.com
• FTC
  Identity Theft Complaint Input Form
• FBI/FTC's Internet Fraud Task Force
  Website: www.ic3.gov

If you know of any not-for-fee identity theft resources in Massachusetts that you would like to see on this page, please email ITRC.