When Your Family Steals Your Identity
NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
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Identity Theft Victims Can Now Freeze Their Credit
Going to the police wasn't helpful because I was hoping for something with light sirens and a hail of gunfire if necessary as a response. Sometimes victims struggle with getting law enforcement to take a report because sometimes they see it as a civil matter and not a criminal matter. Another thing that victims can do today that was not available back when I was 19 and starting to go through this process is that they can freeze their credit.
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