Over 10 Million Americans
Will Have Their Identities Stolen This Year!
DON'T BE THE VICTIM!
Identity theft is on the rise in virtually every city in America, and is estimated to plague over 10 million Americans per year!
Identities are not only stolen for the value of credit cards, that is a very small portion of what thieves can gain from assuming the identity of another. In many cases crafty criminals actually assume your total identity. Purchasing homes, automobiles, applying for employment, and committing crimes. Yes, committing crimes! These crafty identity thieves, can ruin what you spent 25 years building, in just one afternoon.
A thief can collect enough information about you from your trash, a few items from your wallet, an application of any kind to gain full access to your world! Many of them will go to great lengths to monitor your life to attain what they need, while others simply grab your garbage sack on garbage day and see if they get lucky!
Kids or drug addicts can sell your personal paperwork for $100, to the craftier thieves that will then drain your accounts, purchase high priced items on your credit, even commit crimes using your identity and ultimately cost you an extensive amount of money and time to recover things to their proper order!
Wouldn't it be completely awesome if there was a way to have some one keep an eye on your credit all day, every day and email you right away if any one applies for credit in your name? I thought so too, this is the coolest tool!
Helpful hints that may help avoid theft are:
- Shred important documents with any personal identifying information printed on them!
- Never give your personal information to callers unless you are SURE they are who they say they are.
Thieves are crafty, if you need to make a payment, call right back to the number on your bill if you are at all unsure - I NEVER give my credit card info to a stranger on the telephone! - Check out the OPT OUT page of this web site, you can stop spontaneous offers for credit from coming in the mail. Crafty thieves look for offers like this in your mail box and actually apply for credit on your behalf.
- Enroll in a credit monitoring service, these services will notify you via e-mail if your social security number has been requested to apply for credit. Credit monitoring can have several other positive aspects as well.