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American Samoa
Information and local resources to protect American Samoan businesses and business owners, & guidance to help you report and recover from business identity theft
Protect your personal credit and identity, and find additional state-specific information for personal identity theft protection
Learn about business identity theft, how it happens, and ways to protect your business & reduce your risks
Report business identity theft to law enforcement and appropriate government agencies, & get assistance in resolving your case
Note: These resources are specifically designed to address personal identity theft prevention and incidents of consumer identity theft. Because most state and federal identity theft and consumer protection laws are designed to protect individual consumers, businesses generally do not enjoy the same rights, protections, and potential recourse as consumers. Therefore, while helpful in addressing many issues that you may face as an individual, be aware that consumer identity theft information may not be applicable to an incident of business identity theft or fraud.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Consumer ID theft website (personal protection information)
Business identity thieves often use the identity information (and credit) of the business owner or company officers to open new accounts, or as guarantors of fraudulent loans and lines of credit. In addition to taking actions to protect your business, it is also important to protect yourself as well. This section provides detailed explanations of important consumer credit protection tools that are available to help protect your personal credit from identity thieves.
Use the links below to learn what these tools are, how they work, and how to use them to help protect your personal credit.
Tools & Resources to Protect Your Personal Credit:
If your business does not regularly review your business filings, file your annual reports in a timely manner, or enroll in email alerts or other preventative systems that may be offered, you may unknowingly attract the unwanted attention of business identity thieves.
American Samoa Department of Commerce website
Business identity thieves can manipulate or falsify business credit records and then use these to impersonate your business, or as a part of a fraud scheme to target your business. To combat this, you should periodically review your business credit reports and the information that is being reported.
Contact the business credit reporting agencies:
If your official business records have been fraudulently changed or updated, contact the American Samoa Government - Department of Commerce to report and correct fraudulent business records. Please note that you should only contact the American Samoa Dept. of Commerce for business identity theft incidents involving fraudulent business records. All other types of business identity theft incidents and related fraud should be reported directly to law enforcement. Also review the Business Identity Theft Victim Action List for other important steps to take.
In American Samoa, if your business is a victim of business identity theft, you should report the crime to the American Samoa Department of Public Safety. Also review the Business Identity Theft Victim Action List for other important steps to take.
American Samoa Government - Department of Public Safety
American Samoa Department of Public Safety website
American Samoa Dept. of Public Safety numbers:
Main number: (684) 633-1111 Fax number: (684) 633-7296