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Place a separate credit freeze at all three credit reporting agencies [ Experian, Transunion, Equifax ] using the following instructions:
- Experian |
- Visit www.experian.com/freeze and click Create a free account.
- Enter your personal information. Click submit.
- Answer security questions to verify your identity.
- Experian will provide a confirmation letter containing a PIN.
- Call 888-397-3742 or visit www.experian.com/freeze to permanently or temporarily remove the freeze. You will need your Experian PIN to lift the freeze by phone.
- Transunion |
- Visit www.transunion.com/credit-freeze and click add freeze.
- Enter your personal information and click submit and continue to step 2.
- Create a Transunion account by entering a username and password. Click submit and continue to step 3.
- Answer security questions to verify your identity.
- Transunion will provide a confirmation letter containing a PIN.
- Call 888-909-8872 or log into your Transunion account at service.transunion.com/dss/login.page to permanently or temporarily remove the freeze. You will need your Transunion PIN to lift the freeze by phone.
- Equifax |
- Visit www.equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services/ and click place or manage a freeze.
- Enter your personal information and click continue.
- Create an Equifax account by entering a username and password. Click continue.
- Answer security questions to verify your identity.
- Equifax will provide a confirmation letter containing a PIN.
- Call 800-349-9960 or log into your Equifax account at my.equifax.com/membercenter/#/login to permanently or temporarily remove the freeze. You will need your Equifax PIN to lift the freeze by phone.
