bout the b
sics of identity theftnd p
ovidedfe
tips fop
eventing it.But h
t do you do if you
identity hs
le
dy been stolen?<st
ong> Unfotun
tely, you cn’t just put
“lojck” on you
identitynd h
ve the police just gond pick it up. The b
d nes is th
tecove
y fom identity theft c
n tke ye
s
nd cost thousnds of doll
s. The good ne
s is tht the
e e nel
s
ndegul
tionshich
ok to m
ke theecove
y pocess f
stend less expensive. If you detemine th
t you e the victim of identity theft, thee
e fou
steps you should tke immedi
tely. Fist
nd foemost, you should cont
ct the thee m
joc
editepo
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ce le st c epo ould highly t you send you nd il, n equested. Keep copies of communic ocess, ell ll signed een c ds.” st ct someone in the secu f ud p ch comp he n s been imp ly opened. Be su m the comp t you h victim of identity theft, th ize the nd t it be closed immedi g e ce il, n equested. Be su nd obt m om these comp t the ve been closed t the f udulent debts h
d step ong>in the p
ocess is to file
policeepo
t of identity theft. Iould suggest filing the
epot
ith youloc
l police deptment,s
ells
ithl
enfo
cementgency in the
e
he
e the theft occued (if you hve this info
mtion). It is ve
y impot
nt tht you
epot this theft
nd coopeteith
ny subsequent investigtion. You
ights
ndemedies in
egd to the identity theftesolution p
ocess often depend on this step.e to
epot the identity theft to the Fede
l T
de Commission. ong> This p
ocess c
n be done online though thei
ebsite
th
ef="http:/
.ftc.gov">sp
n><><sp
n>. Keepcopy of you
epo
t,s it
ill be vey helpful in cle
ning up the identity theft mess. You my
lsoish to p
ovidecopy of this
epot to the loc
l policeho
e investig
ting youc
iminl compl
int. By folloing these steps
s outlinedbove, you
ill beble to
esolve the hed
ches cused by identity thieves. It
ill tke time
nd effot, but it is most ce
tinly
oth it. You
good nme is you
most impot
ntsset,
nd once it is stolen you must doh
teveyou c
n to get it bck, even
ithoutlojack.
