Resources
For Merrill Lynch Clients
If you have any questions or concerns about your Merrill Lynch accounts please contact us or speak directly to your Financial Advisor. If you are a client in the U.S. you can also call the Merrill Lynch Service Center at 1-800-MERRILL (637-7455). If you are located outside of the U.S, please call toll free +1-609-818-8900.
Credit BureausEquifax
http://www.equifax.com
Fraud Line: 1-800-525-6285
Experian (formerly TRW)
http://www.experian.com
Fraud Line: 1-888-397-3742
Trans Union
http://www.transunion.com
Fraud Line: 1-800-680-7289
INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES - PLEASE NOTE: Equifax, Experian and Trans Union may maintain local credit reporting / fraud prevention operations in countries outside of the U.S. For further information, please consult their respective Web sites noted above.
Other Resources
Anti-Phishing Working Group
http://www.antiphishing.org
http://onguardonline.gov/phishing.html
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
www.sec.gov
SEC Urges Investors to Protect Their Online Brokerage Accounts from Identity Thieves
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2005-158.htm
"Online Brokerage Accounts: What You Can Do to Safeguard Your Money and Your Personal Information"
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/onlinebrokerage.htm
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnsprg98/cons.html
Federal Trade Commission
Identity Theft Home Page
www.consumer.gov/idtheft
Call in the U.S. 1-877- IDTHEFT (438-4338)
“Id Theft: When Bad Things Happen to Your Good Name”: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/idtheft.htm
“How Not to Get Hooked by a ‘Phishing Scam’“: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/phishingalrt.htm
Home Office Identity Fraud Steering Committee (UK)
Web site developed through a collaborative effort between financial bodies, the government and the police to combat the threat of identity theft in the UK.
http://www.identity-theft.org.uk/
Securities Industry Association, 2003
"Identity Theft: How to Avoid Theft & What to Do If It Happens to You."
http://www.sia.com/publications/pdf/Identity_Theft.pdf
National Association of Securities Dealers
"Phishing" and Other Online Identity Theft Scams
http://www.nasd.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=NASDW_010734
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)
http://www.ots.treas.gov
http://www.ots.treas.gov/docs/4/48951.pdf
Last Updated: October 2004