www.checkmyfile.com

checkmyfile is the UK’s leading supplier of personal credit reports to consumers.

It was the first company to provide UK credit files to consumer on the Internet and was the first in the world to provide consumers with access to personal credit scores and credit ratings.

Currently, checkmyfile has over 1.3 million registered customers and were the first to use credit scoring as a tool to help consumers find lenders matched to their credit ratings, saving you time and reducing the risks of being declined by suggesting lenders mostly likely to say yes.

checkmyfile also publishes free its annual Banking and a Credit Card Survey - one of the largest of its kind in the UK – and its Mortgage Lender Survey. Both surveys help consumers to obtain and compare information about the customer services provided by banks, building societies and credit card companies.

www.annualcreditreport.co.uk

annualcreditreport.co.uk is the first website in the UK to provide consumers with a free online credit report every year. No credit card details are required.

By monitoring credit files regularly, consumers can help protect themselves against identity fraud losses by spotting irregularities, unknown new accounts or the unauthorised take over of existing accounts.

Consumers can also be advised of which lenders are likely to accept your credit applications, based on your full credit file, also entirely free.

Annualcreditreport.co.uk subscribers are also advised monthly of money saving tips, identity fraud warnings and any new privacy issues that may be of general concern.

Subscribers are also able to access the National Identity Theft Assistance Centre (NITAC) which provides prevention tips and victim assistance, all for free.

www.scanmypost.co.uk

scanmypost lets you access your conventional post securely online from anywhere in the World. It also lets company directors keep their home address details private on Companies House.

Ideal for anyone who regularly receives post at more than one address, or who spends long periods away from home, scanmypost allows you to receive your post in your inbox, rather than through your letterbox.

Because you can choose who you give your new address to, you can still receive non-essential post in the usual way at home, and we'll even filter out any junk mail. Any post sent to us is securely opened and scanned, and a text or email alert sent to notify you of new items. This can then be stored online indefinitely, securely shredded, put into secure storage, or forwarded - all at the click of a mouse.

Company Directors can also keep their home address details out of the public record, by registering a unique service address provided by scanmypost. For just £10 a year, the Director Privacy Service includes up to 5 page scans a year - more than enough for the amount of post you should get. If you do want a more extensive service, our other packages are available.

www.ncc.org.uk

The National Consumer Council (NCC) believes in protecting the consumer and increasing consumer awareness of identity fraud. The NCC illustrates the problems of fraud from a victim’s perspective explaining the difference between ID theft and ID fraud and the channels to take for victim support.

The National Identity Theft Assistance Centre (NITAC) was funded by www.annualcreditreport.co.uk in response to a industry wide request by the NCC to set one up to combat the increasing concerns about identity theft in the UK.

www.cifas.org.uk

CIFAS - UK's Fraud Prevention Service is a not-for-profit company dedicated to the prevention of financial crime.

Its 200+ members are lenders, mobile phone companies and others who share information confidentially with each other, via credit reference agencies, regarding incidences of suspected fraud.

CIFAS also operates the Protective Registration scheme whereby consumers can place a fraud warning on their own credit files if they feel at serious risk of fraud.

www.cardwatch.org.uk

A UK banking industry initiative that aims to raise awareness of card fraud prevention. It is managed by APACS, the UK payments association.

Card Watch runs a campaign that aims to increase awareness about the problem of card fraud and what can be done to prevent it by providing fraud prevention training for retail staff, encouraging staff vigilance and awareness and providing fraud prevention advice for cardholders themselves.