Reference and Contact Information

Under the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act, the Federal Trade Commission is responsible for receiving and processing complaints from people who believe they may be victims of identity theft, providing informational materials to those people, and referring those complaints to appropriate entities, including the major credit reporting agencies and law enforcement agencies. For further information, please check the FTC's identity theft web pages. You can also call your local office of the FBI or the U.S. Secret Service to report crimes relating to identity theft and fraud.

Call the fraud units of the three principal credit reporting companies:

• Equifax - 1-800-525-6285
• Experian - 1-888-397-3742
• TransUnion - 1-800-680-7289

You may also need to contact other agencies for other types of identity theft:

• Your local office of the Postal Inspection Service if you suspect that an identity thief has submitted a change-of-address form with the Post Office to redirect your mail, or has used the mail to commit frauds involving your identity;
• The Social Security Administration if you suspect that your Social Security number is being fraudulently used (call 800-269-0271 to report the fraud);
• The Internal Revenue Service if you suspect the improper use of identification information in connection with tax violations (call 1-800-829-0433 to report the violations).

Other important reference numbers:

• TeleCheck - 1-800-710-9898
• SCAN - 1-800-262-7771
• Chex Systems - 1-800-428-9623
• Integra Bank Debit Cards - 1-800-467-1928
• Integra Bank Credit Cards - 1-800-558-3424
• Federal Trade Commission Identity Theft Hotline - 1-877-438-4338
• Securities and Exchange Commission (Investments) - 1-800-732-0330
• Social Security Fraud Hotline - 1-800-269-0271
• United States Postal Service Online - www.usps.com/websites/depart/inspect