I just found out someone was billing MY XXXX Account XXXX years ago. 
I was receiving emails to my main email account stating that I was applying for mortgages. 
I 'm trying to nip this problem in the bud, but I 'm having a hard time getting the fraud alert off the ground. 
I tried filing a fraud alert, as per https : //www.identitytheft.gov/ but once I got to Equifax 's web portal, I could n't make any headway. 
They gave me a PDF file to mail in a form. Do they not trust me online?