I saw a news story today about a guy in Muncie, Ind. who’s been getting calls about late payments on his new Jeep Cherokee.
Yeah, I know, millions of people get calls like that every day. This guy’s calls are a little special, though, because he doesn’t own a Jeep Cherokee, but a favorite relative of his, Cory S. Kortman, just got a new Jeep Cherokee! Small world, huh? Read the rest of this entry »
Happy New Year!
I’ve wracked my brain trying to come up with something upbeat to write about in my first post of 2009. But when you’re writing about identity theft, the opportunity to write happy news doesn’t happen very often.
What I came up with instead are projections for 2009. It’s not happy news, but let’s frame it positively as “news you can use”. Read the rest of this entry »
Mail stopped? Check.
Newspaper stopped? Check.
Housesitter? Check.
Travel insurance? Check.
LifeLock? Huh?
Travel agents with the even the slightest bit of capitalist spirit will recommend you buy travel insurance when they book your trip. In fact, they’ll probably try to sell you on the idea of ID theft insurance for travelers. At first glance the policy may seem like a good idea.
Look closer. For even the most basic coverage, rates can be ridiculously high (usually between five and seven percent of the total cost of your trip) and coverage is amazingly scant. Policies that offer ID theft services for travelers typically limit their coverage to 180 days of credit restoration — a process that commonly takes three or four years to complete.
The better idea is to purchase LifeLock identity theft protection that will serve you at home and away, 24/7/365. For only $9.95 a month, LifeLock offers comprehensive identity insurance that will protect you anywhere in the world in the case of lost or stolen documents. Read the rest of this entry »
LifeLock has had a pretty great year, and it looks like 2009 promises to bring the identity theft protection company even more growth and prosperity.
2008 Summary and 2009 Projection
Visit Life Lock.com for more information about their services. Enroll using the LifeLock promotion code RD17 and pay only $99 to protect your finances, identity and credit for all of 2009.
Life just got better for LifeLock customers.
The identity theft protection company announced today that they’ll be working more closely with credit bureau TransUnion to place fraud alerts, request customers’ credit reports and reduce the amount of junk mail LifeLock customers receive—the fundamentals of LifeLock’s ID security strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re considering identity theft protection, visit LifeLock.com to learn more about their services. Use the Life Lock promotion code “RD17″to get the lowest available price. LifeLock provides identity theft protection to more than 1 million Americans. Read on to find out why you need it, too.
Employers know a lot more about you than you know about them. Anyone with access to your human resources file has your name, address, phone number, date of birth, Social Security number, place of birth, credit history, work history, salary history and physical description.
But who are these people who hold all that information about you? Read the rest of this entry »
The IT professionals surveyed below will tell you why you need LifeLock identity theft protection. A whopping 92% of them say their organizations suffered cyberattacks in 2008. Go to LifeLock.com. Use LifeLock promo code RD17 and get the lowest price.
If you think 2008 was a bad year for data breaches (and it was), don’t expect 2009 to be any better. In fact, 2009 is expected to be worse, and the end of failing security efforts is nowhere in sight, according to the 600 IT professionals interviewed by the Ponemon Institute.
The biggest risks the participants identified are: Read the rest of this entry »
We all have hard to buy for people on our Christmas shopping lists, but choosing gifts for elderly relatives may be the hardest. When the gift is for a relative you love, you want the gift to be an expression of love … and a fruitcake just doesn’t send that message.
This year I’m buying LifeLock for my parents. Life Lock identity theft protection is comprehensive. They do all the basic stuff: fraud alerts, credit reports, junk mail reduction … But they also have a service called WalletLock. Read the rest of this entry »
LifeLock provides identity theft protection to more than a million Americans. During this holiday season, it’s more important than ever that you stay alert to identity theft risks and do all you can to avoid becoming an identity theft victim.
Take common sense precautions and let LifeLock do the rest. Visit LifeLock.com to learn more about how Life Lock can protect your credit, finances and reputation. Enroll using the LifeLock promotional code RD17 for the best LifeLock value.
“City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there’s a feeling like Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you hear …
Ho, Ho, Holy @!*%, My Identity’s Been Stolen.”
That’s the title of a recent press release with tips for avoiding identity theft from the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit organization that works to raise awareness and educate consumers about ID theft. Read the rest of this entry »
A man was arrested just outside Harrisburg, Penn., and charged with forging his wife’s signature on loan applications and insurance papers so he could buy six cars with a total value of more than $183,000, according to an announcement by Attorney General Tom Corbett.
Everett Frank was already imprisoned at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill when agents from the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section arrested him on the car-buying charges.
He was also already estranged from his wife, Michelle Frank. Neither situation is expected to see much improvement in the near future. Read the rest of this entry »
