The following links may be useful all on their own, but are offered primarily as a convenience for readers of the print book Privacy Tactics. These are the links from the chapter Additional Resource sections.

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Use the Internet or phone to confirm addresses for these companies. Over the years, even months, they tend to change the specific Post Office boxes being used.

Equifax
Report Fraud:1-800-525-6285
Fraud Address: P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
Report Requests: 1-800-685-1111
Report Request Address: P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
www.equifax.com

Experian
Report Fraud:1-888-EXPERIAN (397-3742)
Fraud Address: P.O. Box 9532, Allen TX 75013
Report Requests: 1-888-EXPERIAN (397-3742)
Report Request Address: P.O. Box 2104, Allen TX 75013
www.experian.com

TransUnion
Report Fraud: 1-800-680-7289
Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790
Report Requests: 800-916-8800
Report Request Address: P.O. Box 1000, Chester, PA 19022.
www.transunion.com

US Government

Consumer Sentinel
www.consumer.gov/sentinel
From econsumer.gov and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Data and statistics on fraud.

econsumer.gov
www.econsumer.gov
A 13 country effort to gather and share cross border e-business complaints.

Federal Bureau of Investigation
(Check the phone book for your local office. Usually in blue or government pages.)
Internet Fraud Complaint Center
www.ifccfbi.gov

Federal Trade Commission
Identity Theft Data Clearinghouse
600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20580
877-438-4338
www.consumer.gov/idtheft

Postal Inspection Service
(If some aspect of your fraud issue was postal related.)
www.usps.com/websites/depart/inspect/fraud/ContactUs.htm

Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov

SSA Publication No. 05-10064
www.ssa.gov/pubs/10002.html

Non-US Government

The following sites offer access points from which you may be able to find means to complain about problems in some non-US countries. However, these sites are more oriented towards economic development over consumer issues.

Canada's Business and Consumer Web Site
strategis.ic.gc.ca

Consumer Connection: Complaining Effectively page.
strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/ca00742e.html

European Anti-Fraud Office
europa.eu.int/comm/anti_fraud/index_en.html

Checking Contacts

Certegy, Inc. (Equifax Check Systems): 1-800-437-5120
SCAN: 1-800-262-7771
TeleCheck: 1-800-710-9898 or 927-0188
International Check Services: 1-800-631-9656

Additional Help

Identity Theft Resource Center
P.O. Box 26833
San Diego, CA 92196
858-693-7935
www.idtheftcenter.org

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