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What to do if someone used a credit to open an account?
My husband and I checked our credit report and someone had opened a satellite TV account. It says we owe $248. We have never even had such an account. What should we do? Should we file a police report?
Asked on February 2, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Alabama
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
How smart of you to check your report. This is a form of identity theft and fraud. There are mechanisms for reporting it that the FTC has established to help you bounce back. I am going to give you a link here. You also have to report it to the credit reporting companies nd many have "how tos"on their web sites. Check them. Good luck.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft//consumers/defend.html
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