Stop Identity Theft

Have you ever got a phone call wanting you to pay for something that you did not owe? I have. A $700 dollar phone bill and a $400 dollar light bill. Lucky for me I was able to track down the people that did this and recover my money. And considering that I knew the people helped a little also.

In 2006 over 200k people reported identity theft here in the U.S. And when someone gets a hold to your identity it does not take long to send you deeply in debt. I watched a news program where they documented a credit card scam with stolen credit cards. It took less than 30 minutes and the credit cards were maxed out. That is how easy it was. There are places that can help you prevent this. Lifelock is one of those places. The CEO is so sure of his company that he broadcast his social security number on the web.

Although it is impossible to catch every thief that is out there. You can let lifelock stop them from ruining your name. It is a lot harder to straighten things out after you have had your identity stolen, than it is to stop them from stealing it.