Marketing Lists: You may limit the marketing material you receive
through the mail, by telephone or by e-mail. If you would like to reduce
the amount of advertising you receive from other companies, write to the
Direct Marketing Association at the appropriate address below. You
must provide your name, address and telephone number with your request:
Mail Preference Service
c/o Direct Marketing Assn.
P.O. Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
Telephone Preference Service
c/o Direct Marketing Assn.
PO Box 9014
Farmington, NY 11735-9014
E-mail Preference Service:
www.e-mps.org
Identity Theft: If someone has used your personal
identification to fraudulently establish credit, report the incident as
quickly as possible to each of the credit reporting agencies and request
that a fraud alert be placed on your file:
Experian
1-888-397-3742
Equifax
1-800-525-6285
Trans Union 1-800-680-7289
Obtain a copy of your credit report from each of the credit reporting
agencies. Check to see whether any additional accounts were opened
without your consent or whether unauthorized charges were billed to your
accounts. To request copies of your credit reports call:
Experian 1-888-397-3742
Equifax
1-800-685-1111
Trans Union 1-800-916-8800
Contact the Social Security Administration's Fraud Hotline at
800-269-0271 to report the unauthorized use of your personal
identification information.
Contact your State Department of Motor Vehicles to see whether the
Department has issued an unauthorized license number in your name.
If so, notify them that you are a victim of identity theft.
File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") by
contacting the FTC's Identity Theft Hotline - 1-877-IDTHEFT; TDD:
202-326-2502; by mail: Identity Theft Clearinghouse, Federal Trade Commission,
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Washington, D.C. 20580-0001 or online:
www.consumer.gov/idtheft.
As for a copy of ID Theft: When Bad Things Happen to Your Good Name, a
free comprehensive guide to help you guard against, and recover from,
identify theft.
