Singinghawk926, you need to freeze your accounts with all three credit agencies. Makes a HUGE difference. No one can access your credit without you, first, getting a one-time pin allowing them to do so. You must advise the persons needing this information not to bother to check your credit, until you get a pin, but a little inconvenience goes a long way, considering the consequences!
I believe it only cost $5.00 to do this, if anything. I did this years ago, so I can’t recall. It was not real difficult to do either...