The first thing I did was grab my credit report at TransUnion. I found that two other accounts had been opened in my name. The first at Parisian's (another Sak's owned department store as I later found out). The second with Brunswick Billiards. I called Madhu back about the Parisian's account so she could flag and close that one as well. I had less luck with Brunswick. I called them and talked with Don Tripp. Don says that Brunswick only opens credit accounts for businesses and he is the only one authorized to pull credit reports. He had not seen my name recently. I suppose there are not a flood of billiards businesses opening up this time of year; Don probably would have remembered my name. On the other hand, perhaps there is a new pool hall in my name somewhere in New York or Mississippi.

I wish I had thought to get my credit reports from EquiFax and Experian. Instead I first placed a fraud alert on my report with all three credit beaureaus. Now I have to wait for the reports to be mailed to me before I can find out if any other accounts might have been opened in my name. I sure hope this is the end of the trail. So far I have not seen any fishy activity on existing credit accounts.
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