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ID Theft Alert: If You Are a Victim of Identify Theft

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If you find evidence of identity theft on your credit reports AND have verified the fraudulent activities with your creditors or financial institutions, take the following steps:

    • Immediately close the accounts that have been opened fraudulently or have unauthorized activity. 
    • File a police report, and get a copy of the report to submit to creditors and others who may require proof of a crime.  If you wish to file a police report, you may call one of the following numbers to reach your local police department:
City and County of Honolulu   911
Maui County   244-6400
Kauai County   241-1711
Hawaii County   935-3311
    • Contact any one of the credit bureaus to place an "extended fraud alert" on your credit report. See Placing a Fraud Alert elsewhere on this website for specific details.
    • File a complaint with the FTC online at http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/.
    • Keep a record of all communications with credit bureaus, creditors, financial institutions, and police, including dates and to whom you spoke.

The FTC document Take Charge: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft, which is available at http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/, contains detailed information on how to deal with and recover from identity theft.

Last modified 2006-04-10 03:41 PM