Josh, could you give the URL to order the free credit reports? That way, those who aren't checking their reports will know how to get them.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Josh More</b> <<a href="mailto:morej@alliancetechnologies.net">morej@alliancetechnologies.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Last night, after the meeting, there were a few conversations about<br>recent identity theft attacks targeting children. For those who were<br>not there, the one I was discussing was the problem of people using the<br>social security numbers of young kids to get credit cards. Since the
<br>kids don't check their credit ratings, these ID thefts can run a lot<br>longer than they do on adults.<br><br>I just ran across an article that mentions that the problem exists for<br>older kids too:<br><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/yourmoney/story/088AB3C9CBEAAF8786257373000E9D6B?OpenDocument">
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/yourmoney/story/088AB3C9CBEAAF8786257373000E9D6B?OpenDocument</a><br><br>So, if you have children, it's a good idea to check their credit<br>reports along with your own. (You *are* all checking your free credit
<br>reports every four months, right?)<br><br>Anyway, there was enough interest last night that I thought a general<br>post would be useful.<br><br><br><br><br>-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC<br> <a href="mailto:morej@alliancetechnologies.net">
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