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foggy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Not having a credit card doesn’t make it any more difficult for someone to steal your identity, provided you keep your car secure.
Like, the essence of having a line of credit does not prevent someone from opening a line of credit in your name.
I dont have an answer to your question, but if that is really the only reason you don’t have a CC, just get a CC.
ccunning@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I assumed they meant someone stole their identity and destroyed their credit rating so they couldn’t get a CC even if they wanted one.
But your take is just as (if not even more) likely…
POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com 4 days ago
All my credit accounts are frozen and I just gave up on using credit.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Personally speaking, intentionally not using or collecting credit in this world is dumb. It’s shooting yourself in the foot for basically everything longterm wise. This can be from rental agreements to buying a house to buying a car. Anything that needs to show trustworthiness. It’s stupid, but it’s how this world operates.
I would highly recommend reconsidering your mentality that you’ve given up on credit.
Also recording the fraud. Hopefully you are currently mid battle on that because it’s not fair for you to have bad credit due to identity fraud and generally when proven that someone stole your identity they reverse all charges(for you) and reverse the credit score that went with it., After all, you never actually spent the money. But that’s a long and lengthy battle
umfk@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Replace the word “world” with “USA” please. Most other countries do not require you to build credit score by borrowing money.
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
You can still probably get a prepaid credit card…
You just have to pay it upfront before doing the transaction.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I want to clarify, by prepaid I expect that you mean a secured credit card right because prepaid cards you can find at stores are meant to rip you off and charge large fees for usage and charging.
Personally I recommend discover, they offer stupid simple secured cards and after a year or so usually they give your deposit back and upgrade it to a standard credit card
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Someone can still commit identity theft against you whether you use credit or not. Might as well use it to your advantage.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
You should still be able to get a secured card.