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Consumer and Professional Organizations

AARP
www.aarp.org/learntech/personal_finance/identity_theft_intro.html

Anti-Phishing Working Group
www.antiphishing.org

Better Business Bureau
www.bbb.org

Call for Action
www.callforaction.org/

Credit Bureau	Web Site	Fraud Line
Equifax	www.equifax.com	1-800-525-6285
Experian	www.experian.com	1-888-397-3742
TransUnion	www.transunion.com	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.

Direct Marketing Association's unsolicited mail list
www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html

Identity Theft Resource Center
www.idtheftcenter.org/index.shtml

National Consumers' League (National Fraud Information Center)
www.nclnet.org/privacy/idtheft/index.htm

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
www.privacyrights.org/identity.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.
www.identity-theft.org.uk

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Department of the Treasury
www.treas.gov

Do Not Call Registry
www.donotcall.gov

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnsprg98/cons.html

Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov

OnGuardOnline.gov
onguardonline.gov

Secret Service (USSS) - Financial Crimes Division
www.treas.gov/usss/financial_crimes.shtml

Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov/

• SSA Fraud Hotline for Reporting Fraud
  www.ssa.gov/oig/guidelin.htm
• Social Security: Your Number and Card (SSA Pub. No. 0510002)
  www.ssa.gov/pubs/10002.html
• Identity Theft And Your Social Security Number (SSA Pub. No. 0510064)
  www.ssa.gov/pubs/10064.html

US Department of Justice - Identity Theft and Fraud
www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/idtheft.html

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
www.sec.gov/

• SEC Urges Investors to Protect Their Online Brokerage Accounts from Identity Thieves
  www.sec.gov/news/press/2005-158.htm
• "Online Brokerage Accounts: What You Can Do to Safeguard Your Money and Your Personal Information"
  www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/onlinebrokerage.htm

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National Association of Attorneys General
www.naag.org

National Conference of State Legislatures
www.ncsl.org

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