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Originally Posted by txrosegirl  oh thank you so much! and i am sorry to hear about your friend - how horrible! i am glad they caught the guy!
in just the past couple of weeks, i have gotten notices from two companies (one is my nordstrom visa and one is an utilities company i used to have) and both have said they had a "potential" breach in their security systems and i should check my credit reports and contact the bureaus about possibly putting a fraud alert on my credit  and nordstrom actually sent me a new card with a new account number (i am waiting to call nordstrom directly to make sure this is legit) so your information could not have been more timely! thanks again so much  |
Oh no!! I am especially glad I posted this then! Seriously, it took me less than a minute to place the alerts through that link - and like I said, it then notifies all the bureaus - so then, your effort is complete. This is the exact same method LifeLock uses (the 90 day fraud alerts). You could also do the Credit Freeze, which is more permanent and a bit more complicated, but here is a great article on it, including sample letters to proceed - if you go that route
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Clark Howard: Credit Freeze Guide on clarkhoward.com