Letter from LexisNexis...scam?

[trof]

I just got a letter (NOT an e-mail) from LexisNexis telling me that an employee's laptop was lost which MAY contain personal info about me, S/S #, drivers license #, etc.

They wish to help me avoid the possibility of suffering credit fraud/ID theft by hooking me up with Equifax online who will put a fraud alert on my account, among other things.
They say it will cost me nothing.
Any body else gotten this?

Color me paranoid.
:scared:

[mainegreen]

1. Call them on the phone.

Look up their phone # directly on the web by typing in their url. Then ask about this.
That's my 2cents.

[trof]

2. good plan. that's what I was thinking

Just wondered if they'd wallpapered the place with these letters.

[trof]

3. Well, I guess it's real.

Their website lists about the same stuff that was in the letter.
Contact Equifax and all.
I feel kinda...nekkid?
:-(

[philosophie_en_rose]

4. Good grief! Why does Lexis even need that info?

:shrug: