Identity Theft

[Possegal]

i remember being able to get credit while the alert was on, they just did a lot of verifying that it was in fact me getting the credit. but that was some time ago and they could have gotten tougher on that aspect. i think it is something worth talking to someone at the agency about though, as i agree, that could prove to be a real problem!

[Blueberry]

I think the problem was more like most credit providers (at leas the ones I dealt with) wouldn't go to the trouble to verify - they would just deny or ask for a deposit.....I hope things have changed - that was about 5 years ago.

CA

[ccnyc]

Interesting article in the WSJ about freezing your credit report to prevent identity theft and how to unfreeze it when you need to.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article...702669159.html