You probably know that you can place a fraud alert on your credit reports – but did you know there are three different types of fraud alerts that you can apply? A fraud alert obligates potential ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A credit fraud alert is a notice sent to a credit reporting bureau that a consumer’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Seven On Your Side's Michael Finney teamed up with Consumer Reports to help you choose between a freeze and a fraud alert in order to protect your credit in the wake of the ...

Your personal information is valuable. If criminals get their hands on it, they can — among other things — open credit cards while pretending to be you. Then it’s up to you to shut down fraudulent ...