Identity Theft Resources
There is a wealth of information available about identity theft for you and your household members at the following consumer protection web sites:
- Federal Trade Commission: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft
- Department of Defense: Military Sentinal
- TRICARE: ID Theft Resources
These sites provide valuable information regarding identity theft prevention and steps that individuals can take should problems develop.
Monitor your credit
Common advice includes routinely monitoring your financial accounts and billing statements for suspicious activity. Credit reports contain information about you, including what accounts you have and how you pay your bills. The law requires each of the major nationwide consumer reporting agencies to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months. Best practice recommends requesting a credit report every four months, rotating through the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies with each request.
To order your free annual report from one or all the national consumer reporting companies:
- Visit www.AnnualCreditReport.com
- Call toll-free 877-322-8228 or
- Complete the Annual Credit Report Request Form (40k PDF file*) (FTC web site) and mail it to:
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Annual Credit Report Request Service
P.O. Box 105281
Atlanta, GA 30348-5281
Please do not contact the three nationwide consumer reporting companies individually; they provide free annual credit reports only through the AnnualCreditReport.com service.
Support from Kroll
In addition, SAIC has contracted with Kroll to provide affected persons with information on credit, fraud and identify theft matters, including a free, one-year membership in Kroll Inc.'s IDTheftSmart™ identity restoration service. Individuals that were impacted by this incident and have questions about credit fraud or identity theft may call the Incident Response Center Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time).
- United States: 1-888-862-2680
International, call collect: 1-515-365-3550
These telephone lines are reserved for use by those individuals identified and notified in writing by the SAIC, in coordination with the government, about this incident.
Individuals calling in for assistance will be asked to provide their ID TheftSmart™ member identification number as verification. The member identification number is contained in the ID TheftSmart™ notification letter being delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.