"If your wallet goes missing, here's what to do:
- immediately call all your credit card companies to request an "account number change."
- change passwords to ensure that your account can't be opened by an identity thief.
- file a report with the police
- request a fraud alert be put on the credit accounts
- ask the DMV to put a "flag" on your license file.
- notify your bank.
- check your credit history about two weeks later.
by Sid Kirchheimer
