This wasn’t true for us. You can lock, but you have to request a credit report by mail with that issue. (Family member in this exact situation).
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Doombot1@lemmy.one 3 months ago
Fun fact: you can’t lock your credit through Innovis if the name on your phone number isn’t the same as your real name (for instance, I’m on my mother’s phone plan - I still have my own number, but I guess it’s under her name). I ran into this issue literally four days ago :/
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 months ago
Doombot1@lemmy.one 3 months ago
Interesting, I guess I’ll have to try again. It kept telling me that there was an error processing when I tried locking it.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve been under my parents plan my entire life and I was able to lock my credit with Innovis. Granted, this was right after the Equifax breach. I’ve actually never had to unlock it.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Is this because you need to provide a bill? Or just like the caller id?
Because if it’s the caller id, you can have that set on a per line basis. Worked for a cellular company. Super normal.
Doombot1@lemmy.one 3 months ago
I think it’s the caller ID. Should be easy, just have to get my mom to set it first.