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Identity Theft On The Rise. What Do You Do?

Posted by: From Arkansas in Credit and credit cards, It Ain't Sorted, So What, Odds And Ends on Feb 14 2008

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It is a scary thing to think that an identity can be stolen so easily these days but the fact is that identity theft is seriously on the rise. In the past, there was not much you could do about it. The credit card companies gave you the $50 deal which meant that you could recover all but that. The banks would work with you a little bit but if the deed was already done, that was about it. There have been horror stories from folks who had that happen to them. They spent years and much money trying to get their lives back and many were unable to do so without changing their names. Are you aware that for the last seven years running, identity theft is at the top of the charts on the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint list?

But now, in this more enlightened time, there is a way to prevent such things from happening in the first place. There is a company that gives you your life before the theft and helps you through a theft that already happened. Those at LifeLock are there to help you keep your life in order instead of the grief that comes with the theft of your very precious identity.

The folks at lifelock are willing to secure your identity with a backing of a $1,000,000 Service Guarantee. They will do so many things for you that I cannot list them all here. But an example is that they will contact the credit bureaus and have fraud alerts set on your account. They request that your name be removed from pre-approved credit card and junk lists. LifeLock does much more than that. The price to pay for this incredibly valuable service is $10 a month!! You spend more than that on fast foods that are not good for you. Maybe it’s time to take a good look at the lifelock site before your identity is stolen!

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