Placing a fraud alert on your credit reports is free. Click here to place an initial one-year fraud alert or active duty alert on your Equifax credit report online by creating a myEquifax account. Once your fraud alert or active duty alert is placed, you can also check its status through myEquifax.

You can contact any of the three nationwide credit bureaus to request an initial fraud alert or active duty alert. Once you have placed an initial fraud alert or active duty alert on your credit report with one of the bureaus, that bureau will send a request to the other two bureaus to do the same, so you do not have to contact all three. 

You can also request an initial one-year fraud alert or active duty alert:

Annual Credit Report Request ServiceP.O. Box 105281Atlanta, GA 30348-5281Your Equifax credit report will be mailed to you within 15 days.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's website has additional information on free credit reports.




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