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After the Equifax breach, here's how to freeze your credit to protect your identity
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<blockquote data-quote="Nelson Vergel" data-source="post: 81888" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Consumers affected by the Equifax data breach are scrambling for ways to protect their financial lives. Some are considering Equifax's own credit monitoring service. Others suggest freezing your credit as a better option to such services. But what does freezing your credit entail, and how easy is it to do (and undo)?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 10px">In basic terms, freezing your credit means placing restrictions on who can view your credit report. Why is this important? Well, applying for housing, checking accounts or new credit cards can all involve a credit pull by potential landlords, mortgage lenders or banks. If you prevent them from pulling your credit, it'll frustrate the fraudsters who need these organizations' approval to open fake accounts using your stolen identity.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-how-to-freeze-your-credit-equifax-20170911-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-how-to-freeze-your-credit-equifax-20170911-story.html</a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Check if you were affected: <a href="https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/potential-impact/" target="_blank">Here</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nelson Vergel, post: 81888, member: 3"] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]Consumers affected by the Equifax data breach are scrambling for ways to protect their financial lives. Some are considering Equifax's own credit monitoring service. Others suggest freezing your credit as a better option to such services. But what does freezing your credit entail, and how easy is it to do (and undo)? [/FONT][/COLOR] [/SIZE][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=2]In basic terms, freezing your credit means placing restrictions on who can view your credit report. Why is this important? Well, applying for housing, checking accounts or new credit cards can all involve a credit pull by potential landlords, mortgage lenders or banks. If you prevent them from pulling your credit, it'll frustrate the fraudsters who need these organizations' approval to open fake accounts using your stolen identity.[/SIZE] [URL]http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-how-to-freeze-your-credit-equifax-20170911-story.html[/URL] Check if you were affected: [URL="https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/potential-impact/"]Here[/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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