A person who has been the victim of identity theft should definitely file an identity theft report. An identity theft report is normally filed with the police in the city where you live. It is different from a normal police report, in that it is quite detailed about the businesses where the thief may have used your identity and the credit cards that may have been used by the thief to purchase goods on or offline. This information is crucial to an identity theft report, for it allows the various credit reporting companies to decipher which accounts have the erroneous information placed there by the antics of the thief. Once you have turned in an identity theft report, inaccurate information is no longer placed in your credit record by any of the credit reporting companies. You will also have a fraud alert placed on your credit record, which is useful to let those businesses who will access your report in the future see what went on during the time your identity was stolen.