Identity Theft
[ahy-den-ti-tee theft] n. The deliberate act of assuming another person's identity to perform a fraudulent act such as falsifying a credit application or framing them for a crime.
Identity theft in its various forms is a crime that directly affects millions of Americans and costs billions of dollars every year according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, identity theft is surpassing drug trafficking as the number one crime in the nation.
Victims of identity theft frequently find that thieves have used their good name to obtain credit cards or other lines of credit that they then use to make purchases, many times valuing many thousands of dollars.
When the bills for these purchases come due, it is the victim of the crime that creditors try to hold accountable and in many cases, their credit reports show the first evidence that a crime has been committed. This is why many experts suggest regularly monitoring your credit reports for unknown accounts or charges in order to more quickly identity if you have been the victim of identity thieves.
One of the more frustrating aspects of recovering from identity theft is often times the process of disputing the identity theft related items on your credit reports. Lexington Law makes this process easier by helping you dispute these questionable negative items while you focus your attention on taking care of other matters.
File an Identity Theft Complaint with the FTC
Identity theft in its various forms is a crime that directly affects millions of Americans and costs billions of dollars every year according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, identity theft is surpassing drug trafficking as the number one crime in the nation.
Victims of identity theft frequently find that thieves have used their good name to obtain credit cards or other lines of credit that they then use to make purchases, many times valuing many thousands of dollars.
When the bills for these purchases come due, it is the victim of the crime that creditors try to hold accountable and in many cases, their credit reports show the first evidence that a crime has been committed. This is why many experts suggest regularly monitoring your credit reports for unknown accounts or charges in order to more quickly identity if you have been the victim of identity thieves.
Identity theft and credit repair
Recovering from identity theft is rarely an easy task. Victims reported in 2004 that after dealing with creditors, collectors, the credit bureaus, and law enforcement agencies, resolving the problems associated with identity theft took an average of 330 hours of work.One of the more frustrating aspects of recovering from identity theft is often times the process of disputing the identity theft related items on your credit reports. Lexington Law makes this process easier by helping you dispute these questionable negative items while you focus your attention on taking care of other matters.
More information about identity theft
Identity Theft Resource Center® websiteFile an Identity Theft Complaint with the FTC
Client Results
As the leading firm in credit report repair, Lexington Law assists our clients in the removal of over a thousand questionable items from credit reports every single day.What kind of questionable negative items can be removed from reports?
Listed below is a partial list of the types and number of items our clients removed last quarter:**Bankruptcy
2,186
Charge Off
29,700
Collection
73,827
Foreclosure
678
Incl. in Bankruptcy
10,237
Judgment
6,928
Late Payment
38,128
Lien
4,236
Repossession
1,170
Settlement Accepted
4,029
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“Thanks Lexington Law Firm for all your help. I appreciate all you have done to clear my credit. So much progress was made in such a short time. You were
very professional and very helpful at all times. It was nice to get someone on the phone whenever I needed assistance. I will keep you in mind if I ever need anything
else.”
— D.S., Lexington client*
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— D.S., Lexington client*
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