Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. (IL)

Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize. I received a letter from XXXX XXXX indicating that an account application had been submitted in my name and they require more information to open the account. This is a fraudulent application therefore I contacted XXXX right away to stop the application process. They confirmed that there was a hard credit check and that I would need to reach out to the bureaus to have it removed. The bureaus indicated that I needed to file a report with the FTC and CFPB to get the process started in getting this fraudulent hard credit inquiry removed from my credit files. I have attached the letter I received from XXXX to inform me of the account application that was when I discovered the fraud. What other steps can I take to avoid this in the futur