
Should You Freeze Your Credit?
According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is at the top of the list of consumer complaints. Despite the best safeguards, it has become clear that we can’t always control the way people access or use our personal information. Even the IRS isn’t immune to scammers. The Government Accountability Office reported that $5 billion in erroneous refunds were paid in 2014 as a result of fraudulent filings. In 2018 Equifax, one of the three