[cherry]

I read that you should check with annualcreditreport after the Equifax debacle...but choose only one....and then check again in 3 months...and another 3 months....

I checked mine and it seemed very clean...

but how do you PREVENT identity theft?....its better than trying to clean up afterwards...

[Dr.Deth]

You can freeze your account with each bureau, that will prevent any credit lines from being opened. But, you will need to unfreeze them if you want to get a new credit line, and that runs ~$30 per agency, or you can find out which agency will be consulted by the lender and unfreeze just the one.

I am considering it.