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50/50 Chance for Identity Theft - What you can do?
The following article was written by a lender who deals with credit reports on a daily basis. It's scary to think our confidential information could be compromised. I invite each of you to CHECK your information by following the link in the article to see if your information was hacked. 
Equifax is offering free credit protection for one year to anyone who registers.
 
Equifax, an Atlanta based company announced on September 7, 2017 that there may have been a breach of their database sometime between mid-May and the end of July.  This breach puts 143 MILLION consumers at risk. Let's put that in perspective, that is almost HALF of the population.  So what will the hackers do with this information, well the possibilities are endless and the financial cost to the consumer can be staggering.  With hackers now having access to names, social security numbers, addresses, birth dates, etc. they have all of the information necessary to apply for credit. The obvious types would be credit cards, auto loans, personal loans, mortgages, etc.  But in recent years, there has been a surge in tax fraud too.  Imagine a bogus tax return being filed with the Internal Revenue Service using your social security number!!
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