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Identity Protection Services

Have you heard about the company's that promise to protect your identity from thieves bent on stealing and ruining your reputation and credit score? You've probably seen the CEO so sure of his product that he actually has his Social Security number splashed everywhere from national TV to billboards to magazine ads to Internet pop-ups. Is he out of his mind? Is it a publicity stunt? Maybe it isn't even his real number! Well, you'd better believe it is. Todd Davis of LifeLock is so sure that their system of checks and balances will protect your identity and keep control of your identity safe that they guarantee their subscribers against damages, financial and legal, up to an amazing $1 million dollars.

Does that kind of protection of your identity make you want the link to enroll right now, or are you still dubious? Well, one little article about services like LifeLock might not convince you. But let us be a place to start. LifeLock is one of the best with their fantastic guarantee to back up their claims, but there are other services out there. One thing is for sure: identity theft is a growing problem. And for that reason you might want to consider enrolling in some service to help you keep control of your identity. Here are just a few of the services most offer for their fee, as low as $10 each month for LifeLock:

  • Credit report oversight: Credit reports are a wealth of information, not just of your FICO score, but other things too. For example, if you find a debt there that isn't yours, you know something strange has been going on. Or if you find an address on your report that you never lived at, that can be a big red flag that an identity thief has used your identity to apply for a loan. Most identity protection services won't look after just one reporting agency, but rather all three: TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian. They will also do the legwork of requesting your credit reports for you each year.
  • Elimination of junk mail: Junk mail is a surprisingly good source of personal information for identity thieves. You know those annoying, unsolicited credit card applications? If you don't shred those, they can fill them out and send a change of address along for good measure. Wouldn't it be great if someone could succeed in eliminating those in the first place? Well, that's what identity protection companies like LifeLock offer consumers like you. With their help, you will have less mail to go through, and you'll also find control of your identity is better in hand.
  • Your ombudsmen to all financial companies: Without one of these identity protection services on your payroll, you don't have to call the credit card company, the bank, the store, the police, the mortgage company, or the credit reporting agencies. It's all taken care of for you by what amounts to a personal financial ombudsman who's responsible for contacting everyone concerned to let them know you are not responsible for anything those thieves have done in your name. But if you don't have a company like LifeLock on your side? Every call, every letter, every aspect of the identity theft mess would be up to you to clean up. And it could include legal fees as well! Think you can pay for legal fees for $10 every month? Fat chance! But you can control your identity for that low investment and have million-dollar defense on your side today.
  • Guaranteed identity control: Companies like LifeLock are in business for one reason and one reason only: to protect the identities of their subscribers. If they can promise one million in coverage to each of their clients, chances are, they know a thing or three about helping people control their identities. And they can likely do it for you too. All they ask of people like you who want to control their identity is a low monthly fee of $10. In exchange? One million in legal protection! They couldn't do that if they didn't have systems in place to prevent identity theft before it happens. And that translates to something you know you want: to control your identity.

So, what are you waiting for?