When you put a credit freeze in place, you’re either issued or you choose a PIN. At Experian, you need this PIN to unfreeze your credit if you want to apply for new credit such as a mortgage.

Experian is aware of media reports concerning the authentication processes we use in the consumer credit freeze PIN retrieval process. These reports portrayed those processes in an incomplete way.

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Typically credit freeze PINs are mailed to a physical address, making it harder (or impossible) for a scammer or identity thief to remove a credit freeze and apply for credit in someone's name.

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Experian will provide you with or you will create a five- to 10-digit PIN when you freeze your credit. You will need to use this PIN when you want to lift your credit freeze.

When you freeze your credit, you'll need to complete the process with all three credit reporting agencies: TransUnion, Equifax and Experian. Who can still see my credit during a credit freeze?

When you put a credit freeze in place, you’re either issued or you choose a PIN. At Experian, you need this PIN to unfreeze your credit if you want to apply for new credit such as a mortgage.

Experian’s page for retrieving someone’s credit freeze PIN requires little more information than has already been leaked by big-three bureau Equifax and a myriad other breaches.

Remove the credit freeze from your account To handle this process over the phone or by mail, follow these steps: Over the phone: Call 800-916-8800 and request to have your credit freeze lifted.

The credit bureau’s process to retrieve a PIN that safeguards a frozen Experian credit report had a security defect, making it easier for a fraudster to potentially get the PIN, unfreeze the ...