RE: RE: Getting free yearly credit reports from Equifax, et. Al.

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

Very good point Richard.

That freecreditreport stuff you see on TV, will sign you up for
montioring and keep taking 10 dollars out of your bank account. Many
states now have laws that get customers the right for at least one free
credit report.

-Todd 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 4:19 PM
> To: 'Tom Van Vleck'; 'FunSec [[List]]'
> Subject: [funsec] RE: Getting free yearly credit reports from 
> Equifax,et. Al.
>
> Here's where to get free yearly credit reports from Equifax, 
> Experian, and
> Transunion:
>
> https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp
>
> This program was mandated by the FTC.  I got my reports last 
> month and Equifax seemed to be the most popular service used 
> by my credit card companies.
>
> Richard
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Todd Towles
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 5:06 PM
> To: Tom Van Vleck; FunSec [[List]]
> Subject: RE: [funsec] Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data
>
> Equifax is one of the three credit report providers. Experian 
> and Transunion are the other two.
>
> Equifax is the correct company to use for credit reports and 
> for monitoring...trust is another thing all together.
>
> The question is? Does just using Equifax give you all the 
> information? I have always heard to get reports from all 
> three companies. Sometimes Equifax doesn't have some credit 
> card or lean that Experian might contain.
>
> -Todd
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org
> > [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Tom Van Vleck
> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:54 PM
> > To: FunSec [[List]]
> > Subject: Re: [funsec] Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data
> >
> >
> > On Feb 23, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Fergie wrote:
> > > Via C|Net News.
> > > An external auditor lost a CD with information on thousands
> > of current
> > > and former McAfee employees, putting them at risk of 
> identity fraud.
> > >  ....
> > > The disc contained personal details on all current U.S. and
> > Canadian
> > > McAfee workers hired prior to April 2005 and on about 
> 6,000 former 
> > > employees in the same region, MacDermott said. (The
> > security company
> > > currently has approximately 3,290 employees
> > > worldwide.) The information wasn't encrypted and
> > potentially includes
> > > names, social security numbers and stock holdings in McAfee.
> >
> > Yup, I am a former McAfee employee, got the letter on Monday. 
> >  They offer the customary two years of free Equifax Credit 
> Watch, all 
> > I have to do is give a lot of personal info to Equifax.  Do I trust 
> > Equifax?
> >
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