Fees vary at the three credit reporting agencies. Contact Equifax at 1-800-349-9960 or ... Ask the IRS for “identity protection” for tax returns and put a PIN number on returns.

Generally, that involves calling a phone number that the consumer provided and speaking with the consumer, ... You can contact Equifax for a fraud alert at 888-766-0008.

If you sign up for Equifax's offer of free protection, you may be limiting your rights to sue and be forced to take disputes to arbitration. But you can opt out of that provision if you notify the ...

If you already have an account with Equifax and wish to freeze it, simply call their number 1-800-349-9960. It only takes a few minutes to complete the call, which is normally automated.

BrianKrebs Post author November 13, 2017. If you worked at a company that used Equifax’s TALX system, you could do what I suggest in this story: See what records The Work Number has on you (who ...

After the Equifax breach, ... including your name, address, date of birth and Social Security number. ... you can contact the credit bureaus again and ask them to lift or “thaw” the freeze.

Equifax said Thursday that it will offer free credit monitoring services to all U.S. consumers for one year, after announcing that roughly 143 million Americans' personal data could have been ...

A financial professional who once paid Equifax to monitor his own personal information outlines the four-step plan he now uses instead to guard his identity, Social Security number and finances ...