Category Archives: LifeLock identity theft protection

This is the week to enroll in Life Lock’s identity theft protection

Organizers of National Protect Your Identity Month are hoping to bring identity theft to the attention of Americans, just like Breast Cancer Awareness Month has brought million of women to their first mammograms.
Many people still think identity theft is something that only happens to other people, but the statistics show otherwise. In 2007,

Another reason you need LifeLock ID theft protection

Antonio Speed’s former boss in Buffalo, NY calls him a “rogue bill collector,” but after he stole her identity and ran up run up $1,900 in charges, I’ll bet Mary Reynolds’s family in Pittsburgh, PA has a few other choice names for him.
Speed began his attack by posing as a police investigator when he called [...]

Protecting your identity: You take the small steps; LifeLock will take the big ones

Mailbox security practices won’t protect you from Internet hackers or data breaches of planetary magnitude, but it’s a good place to start.
Along with lost and stolen wallets, home mailboxes provide a huge cache of information for identity thieves. There are, however, a number of simple measures you can employ to protect your identity and credit [...]

Christmas time is just around the corner; it’s time to think about ID theft protection

If you’re one of those over-achieving, super-organized Christmas shoppers, you’re probably almost done, and just looking for a couple more store sales to finish up.
If, on the other hand, you’re one of those last minute people who don’t even start shopping until the last-minute sales during Christmas week, you have about two months to go.
Either [...]