Comments on: Are You at Risk of Identity Theft?

By: Financial Uproar

Financial Uproar — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:04:37 +0000

I think that your chances of identity theft just went up with giving that site all of your personal info

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:45:05 +0000

QUOTE: “My score is 58. One thing to consider â€¦ NEVER include your SSN on all of those forms at the doctorâ€™s office, lab, hospital, etc. Medical ID theft is on the rise.”

TOTALLY AGREE! Hurt my ankle last November and had to go to different doctors. Every time I put XXX-XX-XXX in lieu of real SSN and no one ever questioned it or reasked me for my SSN.

By: joyce

joyce — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:17:17 +0000

I was reasonably happy with the 289 I got. Then I entered my husbands name just to see and he had 113. Wonder why his is so much lower than mine?

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:58:58 +0000

@ Joe

I’m young too with a short history but mine is 299. You should make sure your info is safe.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:59:57 +0000

Hmm… I’m pretty high. I’m at 554. No idea why my risk is higher other than most. It could be the fact that I’m young and my credit history doesn’t go too far back. I only started building credit about 1.5 years ago. Kind of discouraging to say the least =P.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:15:09 +0000

My score is 288. Like John, I do a lot of online banking. The price of convenience.

By: cemccon

cemccon — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:56:10 +0000

My score is 58. One thing to consider … NEVER include your SSN on all of those forms at the doctor’s office, lab, hospital, etc. Medical ID theft is on the rise.

By: stephen

stephen — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:43:36 +0000

My score is 234 but they couldn’t identify me without my ssn so I gave it to them. Now I’m already regretting it haha.

By: Janice

Janice — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:25:14 +0000

I came in at 264. I highly recommend subscribing to Experian’s TripleAlert for $4.95 a month, which lets you know immediately if there are any changes to any of your 3 credit reports. I’ve used it for years.

By: John

John — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:55:42 +0000

Mine came up to 299. I do lots of online banking and manage all of my credit accounts via websites, which appears to have little real ID theft risk.

By: MikeS

MikeS — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:50:37 +0000

I’m at a 290. I check my reports through annualcreditreport.com every year. I also try and space the three bureaus out throughout the year, so that I can spot any problems early.