Credit Bureau Contacts
“Contact the three nationwide credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — to request free fraud alerts, credit freezes, active duty military credit monitoring, and opt outs from prescreened credit offers.”
Recovery Steps
This webpage has a check-able list to help those who may have experienced identity theft or fraud know what to do immediately, walks them through next steps, includes information for specific types of account issues, and information for specific identity theft types.
Child Identity Theft
In this webinar, the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs discusses the warning signs of child identity theft and ways to protect your child’s information. They talk about how to check a child’s credit report and what to do if something fraudulent is found.
When information is lost or exposed
This article includes information and useful links for key steps on protecting yourself from identity theft if your information is at risk, including specific steps based on type of information.
Know Your Rights
This webpage includes information about your rights when reporting and recovery from identity theft and fraud. It also includes information about your rights working with credit bureaus, communicating with creditors and debt collectors, limits on financial losses, and other federal rights.
Identity Theft, Fraud and Scams
This webinar overviews identity theft, fraud, and common scams. It offers warning signs that something may be false and trying to get access to your personal information. It also talks about steps to take and what to do if you experience any of these.
Warning Signs of Identity Theft
This resource is a brief list of warning signs that your information may have been stolen, including sings like receiving unfamiliar charges or bills, healthcare claims being denied due to conditions you don’t have, and more.
Online Privacy and Security
Use this webpage to access a variety of information about online security, online privacy, and online scams.
Elder Financial Exploitation and the Criminal Justice System
This webinar talks about barriers to reporting financial exploitation for elders, risk factors, examples of signs that they’ve seen in financial exploitation cases with elders, ideas for supporting elders and preventing abuse, and more.
What Hotline Workers Need to Know About Elder Abuse
This webinar for victim services hotline advocates talks about the types of elder abuse, the power and control wheel specific to abuse in later life, ageism, mandatory reporting, special considerations and concerns for those in rural areas and LGBTQ+ elders, safety planning, tips specific to hotline work, case studies, and more.