How to PREVENT IDENTITY THEFT (for free, in less than 10 min)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- Stopping identity theft doesn't have to be complex. Setting up a credit freeze is one of the best and easiest ways to protect yourself, and in this tutorial I'll explain why it's good and how you can do it in 10 minutes or less.
Direct links for each of the major three credit bureaus:
▶ Equifax: www.equifax.com/personal/cred...
▶ Experian: www.experian.com/freeze/cente...
▶ TransUnion: www.transunion.com/credit-freeze
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Video Timestamps
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0:00 - Is Security & Privacy to Complex?
0:50 - Introduction to a Credit Freeze
1:09 - How Credit Bureaus Work
3:54 - 2 Warnings about Credit Freezes
4:56 - How to Setup a Credit Freeze on Equifax
7:42 - How to Setup a Credit Freeze on Experian
9:36 - How to Setup a Credit Freeze on TransUnion
11:11 - Don't Forget These Two Things!
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Setting up a credit freeze with the major credit bureaus is probably one of the easiest, fastest ways to secure your identity from hackers and data thieves. Here's a step-by-step tutorial to show you exactly how to do it with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
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I hope you'll take the time to freeze your credit today! And once you're done with that, download the Security Checklist PDF here: www.allthingssecured.com/security-checklist-pdf/
Done
One big word of caution. If you place a freeze on your accounts your insurance premiums may go up. I went through this before. I placed a freeze and then over a year saw my car insurance premiums slowly go up. It turns out that the insurance company was trying to get my credit score (in the background, or w/o notifying me) and failed; and then automatically increased my premiums.
Wow. Thanks for the tip
That’s got FCRA & ECOA violation written all over it.
This is such GREAT & necessary info!! Thank you SO much for sharing!!! I subscribed!! 🙏🏾❤️
This video is very informative… I came a victim of identity theft in 2021 up until now, and I I frozen my credit report and other things pertaining to my identity to protect myself took a lot of steps to protect my good name
I setup credit freezes for the first time last year, gives peace of mind.
Nice work! Don’t forget your spouse or kids as well, if you have them. 😎
Thank you so much Josh. Very informative and to the point. Thanks again Josh and keep up the good work
Thanks Josh, Always Important to Protect My Identity against Evil ass Hackers. Great.
This is what we really needed. Thanks for making a how video on it 😊
My pleasure, Ramy 😊
Thanks man, really appreciate the info. Blessings to ya
My pleasure!
You right if people freeze the their report... people minimize the SIM swapping and issuing credit. I did it and I don't have any intention to unfreez my report. Good job
Great video. Simple to follow. I took your advice and I now have greater peace of mind. More individuals, especially senior citizens need to do this today.
Good advice Josh not just this one but many other videos as well. What’s the difference between lock the report vs freez? I locked all my 3 bureaus and will get declined if you forgot to unlocked, this happened to me when I submitted application refi my house and forgot to unlock and got declined. This is free that you can locked and unlocked at anytime from bureaus but you have to do all bureaus. That’s all I need. Again thanks for all advice from various topics.
Great Information as Always Appreciate all your Knowledge 😎👍
Thanks so much! Glad it’s useful!
Great video, got so distracted with the algorithm blurring out your stubble though lol
Hello thankfor the video. im a victim of identity theft and i freezed my credit right away.
You, Sir, are a GOD send. Thank you.
My pleasure!
Hey Josh will the bureaus still report credit scores, and those scores/reports show up at places like Credit Karma? Also, you might want to check at 3:35 a focus concealer that tracks for about 90 seconds at the center of the video.
Hello, how are you doing, I hope well. I am so happy to have found you. I love this kind of data and you do a truthfully amazing job. I love love you for what you do,, well done.. Does a credit freeze keep your credit score form dropping or going up ?
No, it does nothing to your credit score.
I really like and enjoy and learn quite a bit from your video's ?
Thank you very much
Happy to hear that!
I recently had an unauthorized charge on a credit card that never leaves my desk drawer. The investigation even showed it was ordered by me for someone else but delivered to my address. It was an online purchase but I didn't show up on my order history - it was on someone else's account. I have no idea how that could happen because I didn't order it and the item never showed up at my address and I went though hell trying to get it straightened out with my credit card company. So I totally intend to do this today or tomorrow. That freaked me out!! Thanks for great advice
That is pretty scary! Glad you got it straightened out.
thank you!!!!! for this. I just did this with all 3 of mine.
I did all mine years ago.
@@E_mailMeLater I haven’t until now. Lucky I’ve had no issues. Now I never will :)
My pleasure, Shane! Glad you were able to get this done.
Ok. Bingeing your videos and saw this one. New subbie
Thanks for sharing good Sir!
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Gave it a like. Question, would this interrupt when renewing your passport or license? What about school loans? Or is it when you are applying for new credit?
Only when applying for new credit. Existing credit or companies that have already had permission to access your credit aren't affected. Great question!
Thank you so much!!
Impressive work.
Thanks 🙏
Great Idea!
Hope you’re able to implement it yourself.
Subscribed ❤️ your info !!! Would you like to recommend me a printer to buy? Which Model is the best? Thanks a lot!!!!!!
Hi ! Just one question - how do we do this for UK? The link included above links to the American site where you've to enter SSN which we don't have here in the UK.
Great info as usual, Josh.
Don't forget about the other two agencies that no one ever talks about as well: Innovis and Chexsystems.
Thanks for sharing. I’m not very familiar with those two.
@@AllThingsSecured Not many folks are. They do the same thing the big 3 do, just less in the public eye.
@@KANNINA_2.0 should I register for those 2 bureaus? What the difference than the top 3?
Thank you for the valuable information, I wanna let you know that you forgot to hide your email address in the browser tab at 6:14
Thanks for the heads up! I’ll go in and blue that 😂
It bothers me that none of their websites offer 2FA, a major security flaw. Any thoughts on this?
they don't care about your security. You're just a product.
You right they can not easily change phone number because people freeze the report. Good. I did it
What advice you have for identify theft. The person has all my information, I did freeze my credit and they were able to call and unfreeze my credit.
Thank you
You're welcome 🙏
Hi there, I live in the UK. I can't work how to create a login without signing up to a plan. Also I can't see how to freeze my credit? The US website won't accept my address? Thank you so much your video it's very helpful.
Are you aware of any issues with unfreezing credit? Any gotchas or potential delays? This concern is the main reason I haven’t done this yet.
I haven't had any problems yet, nor have I heard of any. It's in the bureau's best interest to unfreeze quickly (moreso than adding the freeze), and since the priorities align, there shouldn't be any "gotchas" in the process.
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I wish I could 'LIKE' this twice.
Really appreciate that Keith. Thank you!
Same!!
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Can you recommend any good credit monitoring agencies? I just don't want to go thru " unfreeze" action. Thanks
Unfreezing is very easy, but if you don’t want to, I recommend Identity Force.
@@AllThingsSecureddo you still recommend them after a year?
What address to provide if the person is physically not present in USA
Does your credit still grow if it’s frozen?
Gud information
What if you've never opened up a credit card before? What do you do then?
Does freezing my credit stop my credit score from changing? Or does it just not allow them to share the score?
It doesn’t affect your credit score directly, no. You still have a score, but it doesn’t do you much good because new credit is frozen (existing credit still runs, such as your credit card).
How do I protect using my credit card ordering other phone
I was able to freeze my Experianth account but could not find out a way to freeze my transunion and equifax. How do I do this?
Is it possible to put freezes on the other 3-4 lesser known credit bureaus or is this not needed?
I'm sure it's possible (I think legally they are required to allow it), but most experts seem to indicate that it's not necessary. Still, if you want to be extra careful, definitely add the lesser-known bureaus to the list.
@@AllThingsSecured Thank you good coach.
Nice
I would like to know how my sister was able to delete her massages and texts from my email and phone?
When freezing my account on Experian I got a pop-up in the right hand corner of my computer screen that said success and I said I did not get the option to print anything off… how do I get that pdf for Experian? Is there somewhere I can find it.
Edit:
The same thing happened with Trans Union I didn’t get any type of PDF to download just a page that says freeze outage thank you for your request of recess now in place.
I hope I never need the pdf for these 2 sites to unfreeze.
By putting a freeze on your credit does this hurt your credit score ??can this be done on an app or do you have to call during business hours to unfreeze??
It doesn't hurt your credit score
No, it doesn't hurt your credit score and it can all be done online (so no worry about business hours).
When you unfreeze your credit, do you need to unfreeze it on all theses institutions?
Yes, but as fast as it was to freeze it, it's even faster to unfreeze it.
If I freeze my credit, would I still earn credit from my credit cards I already have open?
Yes
Tnx
weirdly, cloudflare has blocked access to transunion.
That helps
Before unfreezing it, how do I know which company I need to unfreeze?
Ask the institution you're applying for credit with which one they use. They'll tell you.
Or wait for the denial letter. It'll tell you which agency they used and give you a referral number to call and remove the freeze over the phone. Obviously takes a lot longer.
Also, when you unfreeze an account, you can set a time window after which your account will automatically refreeze. So you can unfreeze it for a few days and just forget about it, it'll automatically relock.
Yea, great answer by Michael. You can also just unfreeze them all. It will only take 10 minutes to do that as well.
And if we live in Latin America? It works?
at the imposter crooks house?
while br"i"an didnt get a meal on easter,....
im just chewin on slimjimz
The most frustrating thing about this, is that you need to spend a lot of time on the phone. Most of the customer service people speak VERY little English.
... very helpful info !!! ... but just 1 important question, re when being asked all of those questions while attempting to freeze one's credit ... what happens if u give a 'wrong answer' ?? ... will the wrong answer(s) cause the website to close u out, &/or shut down the process, mid-stream ?!! ... thank u !!! ... (-_'|
Wrong answers create an identity verification problem, so you won’t be able to proceed until they can correctly verify you.
@@AllThingsSecured ... please forgive ... l'm guessing l should've asked if these questions would basically pertain to address verifications ?? ... & thanks again !!! ... (-_'|
And if you are victim, how do you fix it
I think I already have this
Find it a lil ironic that I have to subscribe to an email list to get your free checklist
They said my email showed up on the dark web. Can’t I just change my passwords on all my accounts
Does freezing your credit impact your credit score?
No, it doesn’t at all.
Will your current credit card stop working if you do this?
No, it will not. This does not affect current credit, only new credit requests.
Considering Desjardins (a Canadian bank) got all his customers data stolen a few years ago that is going to be a lifesaver! No need to pay for Equifax service!
Sorry to hear that, Julien! This is definitely a good thing to do, and I'm not saying you still need to pay for a monitoring service, but there is still value in making sure that either you or someone else is monitoring your data. It can be used for more purposes than just opening a credit card account.
Canadians can't get freezes.
Does freezing your credit effect your credit score at all?
No, not at all.
I’ll never give that much information away online never how stupid can people 😂😂😂
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In Australia you don't have good or bad credit. That's it.
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