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Please Help Is This Identy Theft?
jinny103
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Sorry this is not debt related but I hope someone can help.My son opened an email which said he had won a Yahoo! prize drawer of £850,000. He has given details of his: full name, country of origin, present address, sex, date of birth, age, occupation, telephone no, and marital status.
I have seen the email and it is obviously a scam, do you think this could result in identity theft or fraud, and is here anything he can do.
I have seen the email and it is obviously a scam, do you think this could result in identity theft or fraud, and is here anything he can do.
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Jinny
Contact all three major credit reference agencies and they can put a note on his file. There is also a specific register for those at risk of id fraud, and someone will post it up soon.If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0 -
And ring the bank if they have any knowledge of which one he uses.If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0
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Jinny
Contact all three major credit reference agencies and they can put a note on his file. There is also a specific register for those at risk of id fraud, and someone will post it up soon.
this one ??
http://www.cifas.org.uk/default.asp?edit_id=565-85Ex forum ambassador
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that's what I was referring too. Thanks BTIf you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0 -
Thanks for your replies they were very helpful.0
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