For example, if an identity thief stole your credit card information and used it forcredit card fraud, the FTC will provide you with a road map for disputing the fraudulent purchases. The FTC will also provide you with pre-filled forms and letters to report identity theft quickly and easily ...
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1 The Red Flags Rule is at 16 C.F.R. § 681.2. It implements section 114 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, 15 U.S.C. § 1681m, which amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The FTC recently re-numbered the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule in the Code of Fede...
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CREDIT FRAUD PROTECTION CAN BE SCAM, FTC WARNS
identity. Although fraud alerts may be effective at stopping someone from opening new credit accounts in your name, they may not prevent the misuse of your existing accounts. That's why you must always continue to monitor all bank, credit card and insurance statements for fraudulent transactions....
bring an enforcement action. The FTC warns that, under the Federal Credit Reporting Act, "a vendor that assembles consumer information to automate decision-making about eligibility for credit, employment, insurance, housing, or similar benefits and transactions, may be a 'consumer reporting agenc...
The FTC chief also said the agency is working with the credit bureaus to further streamline the process of reporting fraud. She declined to be specific about what that might entail, but the new and improved identitytheft.gov site is still far from automated. For example, the “recovery plan...
The act also includes provisions to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to enable consumers to place fraud alerts in their credit files, and to grant consumers additional rights with respect to how their information is used. In recent years, the Federal Trade Commission has been very attentive ...