Go claim your $125 from Equifax

[eb777888]

Or free credit monitoring for six months if you don't have it. 

Just saw this on Facebook. I didn't find me, but H was on there. Our check is on the way.

There's a link that will take you to file a claim. It took less than two minutes.


slate.com/technology/2019/07/equifax-settlement-money-how-to-claim.html?fbclid=IwAR3ZLMyfMRHVFMGCUROYgXgcVNG2hmnbf8t9naQDL38I8IsPHw5HW8LVnFs

[pmwife]

Check kids too!

[eb777888]

Jul 26, 2019 16:40:47 GMT -5 pmwife said:

Check kids too!

Ohhhhh, good point! Thank you.

[killercupcake]

Sweet. Both H and I got it.

What year did this happen again? I don’t know if I should check DS too.

[katfco]

DH, DS and I were all affected. DD was not. $325 coming our way.

[dove]

Thanks for the info! I was affected DH was not.

[TR]

Awesome, thanks! I had to check my miaden name bc it happened before we got married and that was on there.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Just did this last night. H and I were both affected.

[jenna]

Thanks!

[pumpkin]

Thanks for the info!

[sweetchix]

Nice, thanks. I’m on there, DDs are not.

Question though, I found myself under both my maiden (current) name and my married name. Do I file a claim under both?

[morecoffeeplease]

We were both affected.

[TBM]

Jul 26, 2019 17:47:10 GMT -5 sweetchix said:

Nice, thanks. I’m on there, DDs are not.

Question though, I found myself under both my maiden (current) name and my married name. Do I file a claim under both?

There is a line on the form for alternate/ other names that you go by. I don't remember how it was worded though.

[cmeon]

All 4 of us were affected. We froze the kids' credit years ago- I strongly recommend it if you have children.

[picksthemusic]

I'm getting my check. DH is nervous about submitting his information. I told him it's probably already out there, so what's the harm? LOL

I'll be checking the kids, but at home since I don't have their SSNs memorized yet.

[sweetchix]

Jul 26, 2019 17:55:46 GMT -5 TBM said:

Jul 26, 2019 17:47:10 GMT -5 sweetchix said:

Nice, thanks. I’m on there, DDs are not.

Question though, I found myself under both my maiden (current) name and my married name. Do I file a claim under both?

There is a line on the form for alternate/ other names that you go by. I don't remember how it was worded though.

Oh, ok. I missed that. Oh well. Thanks!

[TrickyBob]

I found myself on there. Too bad it pays out after January 2020 and if everyone claims, we get peanuts lol

[MixedBerryJam]

Jul 26, 2019 16:40:47 GMT -5 pmwife said:

Check kids too!

I even checked my husband who's been dead since 2010, but I know his SSN is still floating around out there on random bank accounts and shit. His data is safe. I found mine though.

[readyin07]

Dumb question...better to take the cash or credit monitoring? I have life lock, but h does not.

[laurack]

Thanks for the info! h and I were both affected

[sarahsays]

Jul 26, 2019 18:58:08 GMT -5 readyin07 said:

Dumb question...better to take the cash or credit monitoring? I have life lock, but h does not.

Cash. Buy your own credit monitoring for him, if you want it, although it is mostly useless.

If you bought lifelock after the Equifax breach happened, you can claim that expense too.

[killercupcake]

Jul 26, 2019 18:58:08 GMT -5 readyin07 said:

Dumb question...better to take the cash or credit monitoring? I have life lock, but h does not.

Cash. Credit Karma is free and it’s free to freeze your credit, which is what I started doing.

[noodleoo]

Both H and I were affected. Thx for posting. I shared on FB. Make them pay!!!

[cereal K]

I checked H and me last night - got the money coming! I didn’t even think about checking the kids. Doing that now!

ETA: Kids are all good. whew!

[prettypitties]

Thanks for posting! I submitted for me and MH.

[wildrice]

Jul 26, 2019 20:47:07 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

Jul 26, 2019 18:58:08 GMT -5 readyin07 said:

Dumb question...better to take the cash or credit monitoring? I have life lock, but h does not.

Cash. Credit Karma is free and it’s free to freeze your credit, which is what I started doing.

How big of a pain is it to unfreeze it?

We aren't planning to use credit anytime soon, but I don't want to make it a huge hassle when we do (probably within 2-3 years?).

[wildrice]

Thanks for posting. We have $250 coming now. I wonder how long it will take for them to cut all these checks.

[TR]

Jul 27, 2019 8:56:15 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Jul 26, 2019 20:47:07 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

Cash. Credit Karma is free and it’s free to freeze your credit, which is what I started doing.

How big of a pain is it to unfreeze it?

We aren't planning to use credit anytime soon, but I don't want to make it a huge hassle when we do (probably within 2-3 years?).

Not bad. They give you a pin to unfreeze and I ran into this when we were buying a car at 8pm and I forgot my credit was frozen. I think they were able to run mine the next day after I found my pin and went online to request the unfreeze.

[sarahsays]

Jul 27, 2019 8:56:49 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Thanks for posting. We have $250 coming now. I wonder how long it will take for them to cut all these checks.

Payments will start after final approval from the court, which is currently set for December 19th.

[flex]

Jul 27, 2019 9:17:45 GMT -5 sarahsays said:

Jul 27, 2019 8:56:49 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Thanks for posting. We have $250 coming now. I wonder how long it will take for them to cut all these checks.

Payments will start after final approval from the court, which is currently set for December 19th.

So don't plan on using those checks for Christmas lol