Identity Theft Tops US Consumer Complaints

Every year the Federal Trade Commission collects data on consumer complaints in the United States. For the 14th consecutive year identity theft is once again at the top of the chart of most reported consumer complaints. According to the FTC consumers lost $1.6 billion due to various forms of ID theft. From a total of 2 million complaints filed to FTC, law enforcement agencies and consumer complaint agencies 290,000 (or 14%) were…
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How To Fix Stolen Identity

To prevent your identity from being stolen you have to take some necessary steps. Through this you can protect your identity from the wrong people. Here is the way of best protection against a stolen identity. First you have to have your credit report. You have to follow some simple and straightforward procedures to get the credit report. Now place a fraud alert in your credit report and then close the…
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