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Am I a victim of ID fraud?
lkoky
Posts: 195 Forumite
in Credit cards
Hi there,
I received a letter from CitiCard last week asking for ID & address proof before they processed my card application. The strange thing is I havent applied for a credit card in the last 6 months!
The first thing I did is to use the Citicard reply envelop to post back telling them I had not applied fro any card and the application was a fraud. Then I get a Experian credit report. Sure enough CitiCard did perform a credit search on me on 11 Jan 2008.
The tell tales sign was I just moved from an old accomadation to a new one last Sept, the fraud application was based on my old address.
Just wondered are there anything else that I should do to prevent this from happening?
thanks.
I received a letter from CitiCard last week asking for ID & address proof before they processed my card application. The strange thing is I havent applied for a credit card in the last 6 months!
The first thing I did is to use the Citicard reply envelop to post back telling them I had not applied fro any card and the application was a fraud. Then I get a Experian credit report. Sure enough CitiCard did perform a credit search on me on 11 Jan 2008.
The tell tales sign was I just moved from an old accomadation to a new one last Sept, the fraud application was based on my old address.
Just wondered are there anything else that I should do to prevent this from happening?
thanks.
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Click on the highlighted link below - It describes the proactive steps you can take to protect yourself. If you want any more info drop me a PM
Robert Goodwill MP's website - Hands Off My Dosh.0
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