I must now pay a NO SHOW fee since I did not show up -- at least according to Avis.
Maybe Avis is Obama's favority car-rental company...
For future reference you can put a security freeze on your credit accounts
https://help.equifax.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/159/~/placing-a-security-freeze
http://www.transunion.com/personal-credit/credit-disputes/credit-freezes.page
https://www.experian.com/freeze/center.html