Submit your FTC Identity Theft Affidavit and police report to the credit bureaus along with a 605B request, which legally requires them to block the fraudulent items within 4 business days. The accounts must be removed entirely, not just disputed. Here at Credisure Fix, we handle the entire 605B process for victims of identity theft.
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