Phoenix Police Department'S Identity Theft Victim'S Packet (Page 3 of 13) in pdf

FTC Identity Theft Affidavit

A copy of the FTC Identity Theft Affidavit can be found at the end of

this packet. This is the same affidavit that the FTC makes available to victims of identity theft. The

affidavit requests information regarding you as the victim, how the fraud occurred, law enforcement’s

actions, documentation checklist and Fraudulent Account Statement. NOTE. Some creditors, financial

institutions, or collection agencies have their own affidavit that you may have to complete.

Letters of Dispute

Sample copies of the Letters of Dispute can also be found at the end of this

packet. This letter needs to be completed for every creditor involved in the identity theft. The letter

of dispute should contain information related to the fraudulent account(s), your dispute of the account(s),

and your request for the information to be corrected. In addition, the letter should reference FACTA and

make a request for copies of any and all records related to the fraudulent accounts be provided to you

and made available to the Phoenix Police Department.

FACTA Law

A portion of the FACTA Law can also be found at the end of this packet. As previously

discussed in this packet, FACTA allows for you to obtain copies of any and all records related to the

fraudulent accounts. You are then permitted to provide law enforcement with copies of the records you

received related to the fraudulent accounts; thereby allowing us to bypass the sometimes difficult process

of obtaining subpoenas for the very same information. It also allows you to request the information be

made available to the Phoenix Police Department. We have found it useful to provide a copy of the

FACTA Law with the submission of the Identity Theft Affidavit and Letter of Dispute to the individual

creditors.

Step 5

: Submit the Identity Theft Affidavit AND copies of all information and

records obtained from the creditors with regard to the fraudulent accounts to:

Phoenix Police Department – Document Crimes Detail

620 West Washington Street

Phoenix, AZ 85003

To avoid confusion and to ensure that all items are forwarded to the assigned detective, we request that

you submit everything at once and if possible do not send items separately.

Be sure to write your police

report number on all items submitted.

The types of document evidence needed are listed on the next

page. The information can be hand delivered or mailed. Please remember that some victims are only

interested in the correction of their credit and do not necessarily wish for prosecution. Therefore,

we request that you only submit this packet to Phoenix Police Department if you desire

prosecution and would be willing and available to appear and testify in court should a suspect be

identified and arrested.

****You will be contacted by a detective only if the document evidence you submit

leads to the identification and prosecution of a suspect.*******

Additional Useful Information -

Post Office –

If you suspect that your mail has been stolen or diverted with a false change-of-address

request, contact your local postal inspector. You can obtain the address and telephone number of the postal

inspector for your area at United States Postal Service website:

by calling 800-275-8777.

Social Security Administration –

If you suspect that someone is using your social security

number to obtain employment, contact the Social Security Administration’s fraud hotline at 1-800-269-0271.

Order a copy of your Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement (PEBES) to check the accuracy of your

work history on file with the Social Security Administration. You can obtain a PEBES application at your local

Social Security office or at

Internal Revenue Service

– The IRS Office of Special Investigations can be contacted at

to report false tax filings, potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related

financial crimes.

If you are contacted by a collection agency

about a debt for which you are not

responsible, immediately notify them that you did not create the debt and that you are a victim of identity theft.

Follow up with the collection agency and creditor in writing and include a copy of your police report, ID Theft

Affidavit, Letter of Dispute and a copy of the FACTA Law.

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