• Set up a folder to keep a detailed history of the crime.
• Keep a log of all your contacts and conversations, including dates, times, names and phone numbers. Note the time spent and any expenses incurred. Confirm conversations in writing. Send correspondence by certified mail and keep copies of all letters and documents.
• If your Social Security Number has been compromised, contact the Social Security Administration's Fraud Hotline at 1-800-269-0271.
• Contact the Postal Inspection Service if your mail and has been stolen or if a change of address has been submitted in your name. Contact your local post office for the phone number for the nearest postal inspection service office, or check the Postal Service web site at http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/ContactUs.htm
• If you suspect that your name or SSN is being used by an identity thief to get a driver's license or identification card in your name, contact the Department of Licensing.
• If your name has been used by a suspect at the time of his/her arrest, contact the law enforcement agency that made the arrest and make arrangements to provide a photograph and fingerprints to prove that you were not the person arrested. You should also contact the Washington State Patrol and ask for a copy of your criminal history in order to determine if your name was used in any other jurisdictions.
• If you have had checks stolen or bank accounts set up by an identity thief contact the major check verification companies. If you know that a merchant has received a check stolen from you, contact the verification company the merchant uses:

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