# Freeze Your Child’s Credit – Fraud in Their Name Can Hide for Years

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-19T18:45:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/freeze-child-credit/
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Skip it, and the fraud tends to surface when your child first needs credit. Take a family whose son applies for his first credit card at 18 and gets turned down. His report shows a utility account someone opened in... Source

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