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Red Flags Assessment Wizard

The new FTC Red Flags Rule requires your dealership to implement and follow a written identity theft prevention program. Take the Red Flags Assessment Wizard now and find out if your dealership is ready to comply. It only takes a few moments to complete, and your score will help determine the effectiveness of your dealership's current procedures for preventing identity theft.


Q&A

1. Do you check each customer's information, such as address and phone number, to make sure that it matches the information in the customer's credit report?

Yes      No 

2. Do you check the customer's Social Security number against the Social Security Administration's Death Master File?

Yes      No 

3. Do you check for discrepancies between the customer's Social Security number and their year of birth?

Yes      No 

4. Do you check whether the customer's information contains data that is commonly associated with fraud, such as a fictitious address, prison or invalid phone number?

Yes      No 

5. Do you ask the customer questions that cannot be answered from a stolen wallet or a credit report, and that presumably only the real person would be able to answer?

Yes      No 

6. Do you review a customer's credit report for a fraud alert or active duty alert?

Yes      No 

7. Do you determine whether a customer's personal information is the same as that submitted by another customer?

Yes      No 

8. Do you identify if a customer's personal information, such as their address, is associated with known fraudulent activity?

Yes      No