Multiple fake applications from one location associated with many different stolen identities is
another common fraud alert.
Not exact matches
A mismatch between the inquiry and the reported address on file is a very
common agency - based
fraud alert.
The first and much more
common is a 90 - day
fraud alert.
Shockingly, the most
common way that customers were first
alerted to any
fraud on their account, building society or credit card account (s) was that they personally saw a suspicious transaction / activity via online banking.
What will help are three tools that are
common in the credit world:
fraud alerts, security freezes and credit locks.