One way to protect yourself from identity theft is to take advantage of your right to obtain free copies of your credit reports at least once a year. A fraudulent account opened in your name may show up there. You can then alert the credit bureau and ask it to investigate. You also hav...
* A financial institution or creditor notified that it has opened a fraudulent account for a person engaged in identity theftSource: Bankrate.comMore InformationThe FTC has published a general alert on what the "red flag" rules require and an explanation of what types of entities are covered ...