zerostyle t1_iskpe56 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 6:34 PM

As someone dealing with identity theft right now, I HIGHLY recommend you go start putting protection in place just in case. You're probably fine but you don't want to risk it:

go lock your credit at all 3 agencies
consider also locking at the banking/utility agencies like chexsystems, lexisnexis, nctue (see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdentityTheft/comments/uvv3ij/psa_freezing_your_three_main_credit_reports_is/)

You prob don't need to go crazy freezing everything, but IMO i'd at least freeze the credit and go register for the critical accounts now (social security, IRS, all 3 credit agencies). You don't want someone to beat you to it.

VeganYogiGrace t1_islzmtk wrote on October 16, 2022 at 11:50 PM

What do you mean by “go register for the critical accounts now?”

zerostyle t1_ism25se wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:09 AM

You want to create an account with the irs, social security, etc so the account us first in your name, email, phone number. If a scammer does it first it could get quite complicated to fix and more damage could be done