Technically, fraud alerts are only authorized at the request of the consumer or their authorized rep.
However, a common practice has been developed over the years where a CRA will consider any issue or allegation of reported information that was not authorized by the consumer as an inherent authorization by the consumer to place a fraud alert in their file. Not necessarily a bad practice.....
Did you recently raise any issues of account or information not being yours?
Fraud alerts come in two flavors.... initial and extended.
Intitial alerts are good for only 90 days, while extended alerts are good for several years.
Extended fraud alerts require a showing of actual vs. potential fraud/identity theft, and require filing of a police report as showing of the fraud/identity theft.
Since you did not file a police report, you can choose to simply wait 90 days, and it should be removed.
A consumer has the right at any time to remove a fraud alert by sending a written request to the CRA, along with proof of their identity.
