Mortgage lenders fail to act on repeated fraudulent loan applications despite credit freezes
A household discovered two fraudulent mortgage application attempts made in their name, and reports that the lender took no action to investigate or safeguard against the fraud even after being notified, despite the victims having frozen credit with all bureaus. This highlights a gap in how lenders respond to and communicate about detected identity fraud during loan origination.
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