Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian all offer account freezing for free. Take advantage of it! It is a great way to prevent someone from wrecking your credit

  • TinklesMcPoo@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    One other thing to note, as a parent with young kids, you can do this for them as well. It’s a much larger headache as it can’t be done online but a small headache in comparison to trying to unravel credit abuse/identity theft when they turn 18.

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      8 months ago

      That’s a good point. And I imagine it’s harder to undo the damage if identity theft happened years prior