Reported difficulties getting help on Equifax's phone lines
TL;DR: Equifax phone lines unhelpful for anything.Suggestion, from https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6yv4gb/off...If you do nothing else, place an initial 90 day fraud alert on your file. This is free and will require lenders to contact you if someone (including yourself) tries to apply for credit. Government info. You only have to do this with one bureau in order for the alert to be placed on all three, and it should take less than 5 minutes:Equifax https://www.alerts.equifax.com/AutoFraud_Online/jsp/fraudAle...Experian https://www.experian.com/fraud/center.htmlTransunion https://www.transunion.com/fraud-victim-resource/place-fraud...