Synchrony Financial Credit Card Complaint

Synchrony Financial Credit card department,

Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement Texas

I received a CareCredit credit card in the mail. I have never heard of this company and have never applied for credit with them. The account, which I did not authorize, was in my name and had an $18000.00 credit limit. The account had all of my personal information, including my social security number, physical and mailing address. When I called, I asked to be transferred to Fraud. The supervisor in fraud was nice but would not tell me how they received an application with my name on it. I would like to know how this happened specifically ; Was it an online application? Was it a paper application? Was it done by an employee of this company? I 'd like to know so I can protect myself from this happening again. I now have to notify the credit reporting agencies of potential fraud and have any new accounts blocked. This will undoubtedly mess up my ability to receive the best pricing options in the future on purchases.