Servicemembers should consider placing active-duty fraud alerts on their credit report during a deployment. The alert requires businesses to contact the servicemember before issuing credit. Servicemembers can use a personal representative to start or stop the alert, which remains on the credit report for one year unless it is removed sooner. Servicemembers should contact one of the three consumer reporting agencies to place an active-duty fraud alert: Equifax at 1-800-525-6285 or equifax.com; Experian at 1-888-397-3742 or experian.com; or TransUnion at 1-800-680-7289 or transunion.com.
For more credit guides and tips, visit the Military.com Money Center.
