Active-duty Alert

Active-duty service members can contact one of the three credit bureaus and place an active-duty fraud alert. This will make it harder for someone to open a new credit account in your name because businesses must verify your identity before they issue a new credit in your name. It also requires credit bureaus to take you off their marketing lists for unsolicited credit and insurance offers for two years. An active-duty fraud alert lasts one year and can be renewed for the length of your deployment.

The Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Advice website provides information about credit freezes and fraud alerts, including the active-duty fraud alert.

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