Do I need to call all 3 national credit reporting agencies to place fraud alerts?
When you place a fraud alert with one credit reporting agency, it should notify the other two, which must also place fraud alerts on your credit file. Fraud alerts are not credit freezes. What is in a Fraud Alert Victim’s Statement? An example Consumer Fraud Statement may be something like this: I may be (or have been) a victim of identity theft. Do not extend credit to me without calling me first at (phone number) and verifying my information. back to top .
