IBA SUCCESS MAGAZINE Issue 3 Vol 4 | Page 30

LIFESTYLE n IDENTITY PROTECTION Protect Yourself. Protect Your Identity. By Carol Fisher 1. Your mortgage originator pulls your credit report from the credit bureaus to obtain your credit score and process your loan application. 2. The credit bureaus may place your personal information on a pre- screened list (also called a trigger list). 3. Within hours the credit bureaus may sell the list to hundreds or thousands of companies.  Your mortgage origi- nator does not authorize the sale of your personal information and cannot stop it. Only you have the ability to stop this practi