[cdubzzz]

I recently did this and highly recommend IdentityTheft.gov for assistance. It has tons of great resources/guidance for dealing with identity theft and other credit issues.

https://www.identitytheft.gov/

[welder]

Direct link to phone numbers for security freeze: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0497-credit-freeze-faq...

[toomuchtodo]

This will make a great addition to the /r/personalfinance wiki! Thanks for posting it!

[cdubzzz]

Happy to help! I was really surprised how well the site works. A bit more about my experience here in case it could also be useful (though the post is admittedly a bit scatter brained): https://chrxs.net/articles/2017/03/23/responding-to-identity...

[MichaelApproved]

clickable links.

The subreddit https://reddit.com/r/personalfinance

The wiki https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/wiki/index