Executor
The crime of stealing ones identity by impersonating the deceased is on the rise.
Even if you do not use our service, you should complete the following tasks. They are free and will save you countless headaches!
- Disclose only essential information when you place an obituary. There is no need to publish the birth date and place nor the address. This makes it easier for identity thieves to steal a person’s identity and there are even cases where other thieves have used the address to break into a person’s house while everyone is attending the funeral.
- Make copies of the death certificate immediately after you get the original. Most banks and other financial institutions require a copy to keep their records up to date.
- Report the death at once to the three main credit reporting agencies and mail them a copy of the death certificate by certified mail asking them to put a "deceased" alert on your loved one’s credit report. Their addresses and phone numbers are :
Equifax:
Equifax Information Services LLC
Office of Consumer Affairs
P.O. Box 105169,
Atlanta, GA 30348
Phone No. : 888-766-0008Experian:
PO Box 9701
Allen, TX 75013.
Phone No. : 888-397-3742TransUnion:
PO Box 6790
Fullerton, CA 92834.
Phone No. : 800-680-7289 -
Immediately inform the Social Security Administration about the death by calling 800-772-1213 anytime between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays. Those hard of hearing may call 800-325-0778.
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Inform the Department of Motor Vehicles of the death. Take the deceased’s driver’s license and a copy of the death certificate to the office to cancel it from the state’s system.
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Make sure that documents like credit card and bank statements and water or electricity bills are cross shredded before throwing them in the garbage can.
- Several weeks after a loved one’s death, visit www.annualcreditreport.com to obtain a free copy of his or her credit report to make sure no fraudulent activity has been taking place. Being proactive could save you a lot of time and energy in the end.
Foremost you must protect any and all information under your control, paper or digital. If the decedent had a computer, protect it, do not give it away or let anyone use it. Even deleted information can be retreived by identity theives. Call or email us for assistance and/or advice.
Executor Services has developed a forensically sound process to assist in the protection and estate administration of digital data contained in computers, PDSs, Cell Phones and MP3 players. Other data may reside on floppy disks, removed or external hard drives, thumb drives or Internet data storage sites like Mozy, Blackjack, Carbonite, JungleDisk, Xdrive ect.
The first company to create such a system, Executor Services has named the trade secret protected process "Efootprint". Filling a the gap in estate administration, Efootprint makes it possible to meet the legal requirements in all fifty states.
Executor Services can retrieve data from any digital device whether it is new or old. Estate administrators such as trustees, accountants, attorneys, executors, and personal representatives utilize Executor Services to identify, gather, and inventory digital assets.
Our clients want to be certain they fulfill their fiduciary responsibility as estate administrators, and Efootprint helps to make that happen, we are confident in our ability to retrieve and report all necessary digital data easily and quickly.
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