How do you report a stolen social security card
• Contact one of the following 3 credit reporting agencies: TransUnion at (800) 680-7289, Equifax at (800) 525-6285 or Experian at (888) 397-3742. You should do this as soon as you discover your Social Security card has been stolen. • Place a fraud alert on your credit report to prevent someone from using your stolen Social Security number to open accounts in your name. • Request a free copy of your credit report from each of the credit reporting agencies, and carefully review them for activity you did not authorize. Verify that the personal information on the report is accurate. Have any fraudulent or inaccurate information removed from the credit report. • Continue to monitor your credit reports at least every 3 months during the first year after a Social Security card is stolen and at least annually thereafter. • Speak to someone in the fraud department at companies where your financial accounts have been tampered with or accounts were opened without your authorization. • When reque
