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Replacement credit cards are not the issue. Whoever has this data has the complete dataset to open new credit cards in your name, buy a car in your name, get pl
by flerchin 9y ago
Replacement credit cards are not the issue. Whoever has this data has the complete dataset to open new credit cards in your name, buy a car in your name, get plastic surgery in your name, etc.
The hassle will be convincing all those companies that you do not in fact owe them thousands, and there is no automatic protections for these types of harms.
- badwolf 9y agoEven worse, is if you don't immediately notice a new account on your credit report, that then goes to collections. -_- 10 years later and I still get threatening calls from the shadiest of shady "collection agencies"
- throwaway613834 9y agoDo you know if there's any way to "notice" these new accounts without having to freeze your credit or otherwise mess with the normal process for getting new credit? I just want a notification, nothing else.
- IgorPartola 9y agoCredit Karma seems to do that OK. Their score is wildly different from their supposed source though.
- throwaway613834 9y agoOh yeah I don't need the scores, I just want notifications for new accounts. Cool, thanks! I'll check it out.
- anotherta 9y agomust be terrifying. sorry about that. but free money is free money.