Tips For Crime Prevention

Here are a few tips from the Montville Police Department in connection with the National Center for Crime Prevention, and for the prevention of Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft.  Also listed in the sidebar are other additional links that might be of interest:

Here are some tips for prevention of Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft:

• Instead of signing your credit card, write in “ask for I.D.” This way the clerk will ask for a driver’s license or some proof of identity.

• Keep a photo copy of your credit cards, driver’s license. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call...  If your credit card is lost or stolen make a police report immediately.

• Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately to place an alert on your name and SS#.  The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit.

Equifax: 800-525-6285
Experience:  888-680-7289
Trans Union: 800-680-7289
Social Security Admin. Fraud Line: 800-269-0271

Do not leave outgoing mail in your mailbox that contains checks or credit card information.

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