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Host: What is an identity theft affidavit?

Linda Sherry: An identity theft affidavit is a special form developed by the Federal Trade Commission or the FTC to help you write down everything about your crime, have it on one center place. Get it note or write if you want to, but you don't have to and this is something that you can send to companies when credit is opened up in your name to prove your innocence.

Expert: Linda Sherry

Director, National Priorities

http://www.consumer-action.org

Email: editor@consumer-action.org

Linda Sherry, Consumer Action’s director of national priorities and one of the organization’s chief spokespersons, joined the San Francisco-based national consumer education and advocacy group in 1994 from a background as a weekly newspaper reporter.Consumer Action (www.consumer-action.org), founded in 1971, has a national reputation for free multilingual consumer education on personal finance More »

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In this video, Linda Sherry details the best ways to prevent identity theft and what you can do if you think your identity has been stolen.

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