Identity Theft News and Links

• Competition Bureau To Spearhead First International Anti-Fraud Public Education Campaign (March 2, 2004)

• Identity Theft Fact Sheet from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

• Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Business Services Fact Sheet on ID Theft

• Consumer Measures Committee – Identity Theft – Information for Consumers

• Resolution 2002-02 of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police calling for the criminalization of possession of another person’s identity documents and to prohibit the sale of “novelty” identification.

• PhoneBusters National Call Centre (Report it!)
  Toll Free: 1-888-495-8501
  Fax: (705) 494-4008
  Toll Free Fax: 1-888-654-9426
  Email: info@phonebusters.com
• RCMP Reporting Economic Crime Online RECOL

• RCMP web pages on Identity Theft

Canadian Credit Bureaux (Check your credit report!)

• Equifax (800) 465-7166 and
• Trans Union (877) 525-3823 except Quebec residents (877) 713-3393
• Northern Credit Bureaus Inc. (800) 646-5876

• Federal Trade Commission (U.S.) Identity Theft Website
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse pages on ID Theft (U.S.)

• Identity Theft Resource Center (U.S.)

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