Identity Theft

Attorneys Helping Identity Theft Victims In and Near Birmingham, Alabama

Identity theft is becoming more common every day, as thieves find new ways to steal credit card numbers and other personal information and use them to destroy people's finances and hard earned credit. If you believe you have been a victim of identity theft, the Birmingham, Alabama, lawyers of Yearout & Traylor, P.C. can meet with you in a free initial consultation.

Many people are overwhelmed when they discover they may be a victim of identity theft. Most of the time, you find out because a creditor you aren't familiar with suddenly starts harassing you. It is important to remember that your situation is far from hopeless. The lawyers of Yearout & Traylor, P.C. have been defending clients from harassing creditors for over two decades, and they can help you.

You Have Options

Once you suspect you have been a victim of identity theft, the first thing you must do is pull your credit report. It is possible that one of the consumer credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Transunion or Experian) simply mixed up your information. If so, they must correct it quickly; our lawyers can help you make sure they do.

However, if your report shows evidence of consumer identity theft, you can put a fraud alert on your report and dispute the charges. You can report possible identity theft by getting an affidavit from the FTC Web site. We can help you go through all the necessary steps to fight back against Identity Theft.

Lawyers Taking on Large Companies

Most stolen identities are taken by strangers, but sometimes relatives or neighbors commit identity theft by stealing your personal information. Often the information is then sold three or four times until an account is opened in your name, with the all statements going to a P.O. Box.

It is difficult to go after the actual thieves, and usually much more effective to file suit against credit reporting companies and credit card companies as they are the ones who are reporting the inaccurate information and violating the FCRA. You may be surprised how often a credit card company opens an account and then throws away the relevant documents, making it impossible to check your signature against the signature on the forms, yet the credit card company will still insist the amount is Yours. We can help you deal with this frustrating problem.

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People come to our debtor / creditor litigation attorneys bewildered about the action they must take after becoming a victim of identity theft. They are often being sued by a credit card company insisting that they have a card they don't even own. Our lawyers can fight companies aggressively to make sure our clients and their finances are protected.

Please contact one of our experienced lawyers, Jason L. Yearout , to learn more about identity theft protection and how our lawyers can help your case. Call us at (800) 226-6116 or visit the Yearout & Traylor, P.C. contact page. Our attorneys are available for free initial consultations during weekdays, weekends or evenings.

Our law offices are located in Birmingham, Alabama, and most of our clients come from Alabama and Georgia, although we help clients throughout the United States. Our lawyers help victims of identity theft in the Alabama cities of Bessemer, Mountain Brook, Homewood, Fairfield, Gadsden, Jasper, Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa, as well as the Georgia cities of Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah.