Katie DochenPosted Mar 10, 2025
🍎Ounce of Prevention: Protect Your Credit, Prevent Your Identity Theft
Practical guidance for Austin homeowners, buyers, and neighbors.
Prevent identity thieves from opening a credit card in your name: freeze your credit. I tell my friends with young adults to freeze their accounts, too. It’s free and easy to unlock your credit when you’re ready. Here’s how: Call or go online to any of these credit reporting agency companies…
Prevent identity thieves from opening a credit card in your name: freeze your credit. I tell my friends with young adults to freeze their accounts, too. It’s free and easy to unlock your credit when you’re ready. Here’s how:
đź“ž Call or go online to any of these credit reporting agency companies
- Equifax: 1-800-349-9960
- Experian: 1-888-397-3742
- TransUnion: 1-800-916-8800
✔️ You’ll Need:
- Driver’s license or government-issued ID
- Social Security Number
- Pay stubs, tax forms, utility bills or a lease agreement
👉 Your future self thanks you.
