If you’ve been thinking about how to mitigate your chances of becoming an identity theft victim, but don’t want to pay a lot of money for an identity theft program, LifeLock discounts are the answer.

Though it’s true you can place fraud alerts and obtain your credit reports without assistance or fees, it’s also true that you get what you pay for.

A fraud alert is available to anyone who has been a victim of identity theft, or has good reason to think they might become one, but the fraud alerts are good for only 90 days and if they remain necessary, must be renewed. Few people ever place the alerts in the first place, and still fewer are vigilant about their 90-day renewals.

When you become a LifeLock customer, they’ll immediately have a fraud alert placed for you (if you need it), and automatically renew them unless you tell them not to.

But fraud alerts are only a small part of effective identity theft service. That’s why LifeLock provides services that protect you from the most common identity theft threats—stolen mail, lost or stolen wallets, fraudulent address changes and Internet rings that buy and sell large parcels of stolen identities.

With the LifeLock discounts you receive 30 days of comprehensive protection, and then pay only $9 a month for continued services. Use the LifeLock discount code Defense to get this special price.

At the end of the 30-day free period, your card will be automatically billed $9 monthly unless you cancel within that first 30-day period. You can cancel anytime without penalty by calling 1-800-LIFELOCK. This offer is for new LifeLock members only.

Visit LifeLock.com today and learn more about the innovative services that have made them the choice of nearly 1.5 million members.

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If you read a lot of identity theft stories, they might all start to sound the same. But every once in a while you run across one with a refreshingly different twist. It’s the “stupid criminal” element that sets this one apart.

Johnny Opara, of St. Paul, Minn., has been charged with seven felony tax crimes and one case of identity theft, according to the Minnesota Department of Revenue.

Some of Opara’s victims say they hired him to prepare their taxes, but he never filed them. In other cases, Opara, 55, allegedly filed taxes for people who hadn’t hired him and knew nothing about his activities.

In 2004 Opara received a $1,100 tax return he wasn’t entitled to after filing a fraudulent property rent tax credit return. He’d filed for other returns, as well, but they were blocked before he received them.

Opara admitted that he had, in fact, filed a return in 2005 for a woman he didn’t know, and listed on the return dependents she didn’t have.

And now the stupid criminal element:
Opara’s defense? He told investigators that he had had a stroke and was just “practicing” filing the tax returns. He said he never meant to send them, but that some “got sent” and he couldn’t cancel them.

If convicted of all charges, Opara could face up to 55 years in prison and $80,000 in fines.

Nearly 1.5 million Americans have already enrolled in LifeLock’s comprehensive identity theft services to safeguard their finances. Visit LifeLock.com to learn more about the innovative tools and strategies that make LifeLock an industry leader.

Enroll using LifeLock discount code Defense for the lowest available price.

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