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There are many steps one might take, but I will go over just a few.

1) Cancel any credit card used in the fraud at once, contact the provider and let them know you suspect fraud and they can lock the card, provide a knew one and track any attempts to use the stolen information. Credit card companies are exceedingly good at this.

2) Change any/all passwords at once. You should be doing this regularly anyway, I recommend a three month rotation but you could probably be safe just switching them once in a while or more often for the truly paranoid.

3) If you suspect identity theft, contact the three main credit tracking agencies (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) and report identity fraud and have them lock your credit report down. This will prevent you from opening any new credit but it will also prevent the thieves from doing so as well.

Those are a good start. There is a wealth of info out there, keep looking.

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