How To Freeze Your Credit Report Turn Your Browser Into a Weapon

Posted on November 15th, 2007

Red Tape Chronicles has a good guide for how to set up a credit report freeze at each of the three major credit bureaus.

A freeze means no one can access your credit report unless you “thaw” your report. This means no new credit cards, loans, or mortgages, either by you, or by a potential identity thief. You will need to freeze the report with each bureaus. Not surprisingly, after fighting with Congress for four years against allowing for consumer freezes, the bureaus have made it difficult, requiring the mailing of certified letters, utility bills, different kinds of personal information, and charging fees. Here’s the step by step:

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