What to know about identity theft

Information typically used for identity theft includes your personal information, such as your name, address, date of birth and Social Security number.

If you believe your personal information was used, consider taking the following actions to help protect yourself:

  1. Check your credit report for accounts you don’t recognize:
  2. Contact the credit reporting agencies:

  3. Contact your other financial institutions and creditors. Speak with their fraud departments and tell them your identity may have been compromised.
  4. Consider changing your logins and passwords to help better protect your accounts.
  5. You may choose to also file a report with your local law enforcement.

Together, we can make a strong defense against fraud. See more about how to help protect yourself against identity theft in our Security Center.