I froze my credit about 5 years ago, all 4 credit bureaus. Prior to that, my card # would get stolen and there would be odd charges showing up about once a year. Since freezing my credit, that never happens now and I don't get all those credit card offers. It takes time to set up an account with each bureau, but everyone should do it. Wh…
I froze my credit about 5 years ago, all 4 credit bureaus. Prior to that, my card # would get stolen and there would be odd charges showing up about once a year. Since freezing my credit, that never happens now and I don't get all those credit card offers. It takes time to set up an account with each bureau, but everyone should do it. Whenever you might need to unfreeze your credit you can go into your account and do that...specifying it to be unfrozen for whatever time frame you want. Usually a day or two is enough.
I froze my credit about 5 years ago, all 4 credit bureaus. Prior to that, my card # would get stolen and there would be odd charges showing up about once a year. Since freezing my credit, that never happens now and I don't get all those credit card offers. It takes time to set up an account with each bureau, but everyone should do it. Whenever you might need to unfreeze your credit you can go into your account and do that...specifying it to be unfrozen for whatever time frame you want. Usually a day or two is enough.