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Originally Posted by ute4ever
About 10 years ago I had to notify the three companies about fraud. They each put a 7-year alert on my record. I remember it being a real pain trying to open a checking account, and apply for a cell phone. (This was back when cell phones were not as common and procedural as today). The creditors were estopped from verifying my credit history.
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I had to do this too about 1.5 years ago, but it was pretty easy. On the bright side, you probably won't get a lot of junk mail credit card offers. I know that part of the procedure was prohibiting unsolicited credit offers for a temporary amount of time.