Archive for the ‘LifeLock’ Category

Identity theft on the rise, but proactive services like LifeLock helping greatly states report

Friday, February 12th, 2010

According to a recent report by Javelin Strategy and Research, the number of victims of identity theft rose to 11 million in 2009. In addition, victims of credit, check and bank fraud also rose for the second year in a row. But it's not all bad news. The reports also ...

How LifeLock – a proactive identity theft prevention service – can help protect you

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Like it or not your identity is out there. Every time you apply for a credit card, mortgage, loan, buy something online or even go to the doctor's office you're releasing parts of your identity into the ether. And that identity can been scooped up, mishandled or sold to ...

Legal aid ends up costing 20 identity theft victims

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Tashannyo Adena Medley, a receptionist for a Jacksonville Are Legal Aid -- a firm that focuses on providing legal assistance to low income clients -- was charged with identity theft this past week. Prosecutors believe that Medley was responsible for stealing at least twenty clients identity and using that ...

Study shows ID Theft risk climbs by five times after data breach

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Data breaches have become a common occurrence. We post about them nearly weekly here at LifeLockPromotionCode.net. Now a recent study by Javelin Research, a financial services research firm, shows an alarming coorelation between those involved in massive data losses and ID theft victims. To start, nearly 1 in 9 people ...

Why become a LifeLock member? Here are some reasons.

Friday, November 6th, 2009

LifeLock is the industry leader in proactive identity theft protection for a reason. They don't simply monitor your credit or place fraud alerts on your behalf like some services. LifeLock takes charge with a variety of proactive measures and added benefits. When you become a member of LifeLock for only ...

Bad News for Hotmail Account Holders – 10,000 Accounts Breached

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

The world's most popular email service had a massive security breach last week. Over 10,000 accounts from the Hotmail, MSN and Live email systems -- all run by Microsoft -- were posted publicly online, including passwords. If you use an email ending in @hotmail.com, @msn.com or @live.com please go and ...

Why choose LifeLock?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

There are plenty of identity theft prevention services out there vying for your hard earned money. Some entice you with offers of free credit reports to lock you into a contracted monthly payment or perform services that you can easily do yourself. It's no secret that we talk about ...

Newest scam: Have you received a call saying you owed past debt?

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

The latest scam to take the nation by storm has phony debt collectors contacting consumers and trying to collect past debt. The problem is that the consumer has already paid off the debt many years ago. This new breed of scammers has detailed access to people, including past debts ...

LifeLock drops credit fraud alerts in lieu of new prevention services

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

A recent court ruling in a case the case between LifeLock and Experian (one of the three credit bureaus and provider of a service that competes with LifeLock) has labeled LifeLock's ability to place credit fraud alerts on behalf of customer's accounts as an "unfair business practice." The Fair Credit ...

Will the Next Big Security Breach be from a Phone?

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Many times when companies have a "security breach" -- meaning a bunch of their client's confidential information lost or stolen -- it's due to a company laptop disappearing during a conference or being stolen from an office place. Previous examples of this happening would be the California Department of Health ...

School Cop Charged with Identity Theft and Burglary

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

A Palm Beach County school district cop has been charged with the identity theft of 20 teachers and students. Jonathan E. Kelly, a school district police office for the past six years (and Delray Beach officer from 1997-2000), was using school district computers to gain access to the 20 ...

1% of all PCs are Infected by ID Theft Malware

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

1% of all PCs are Infected my ID Theft malware According to Panda Security, an online virus and malware scanner service, one out of every 100 computers are infected with malware designed to steal your personal information. These malware programs steal information like your bank account login and investment information and ...

News Events Causing Identity Theft – Protect yourself with LifeLock

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Identity thieves will do anything to get a hold of your personal information. Thieves will break in and steal or hack into your computer to get it. They will go through your mail and even go through your garbage to get those little bits of information needed to piece together ...

The Lack of LifeLock puts Bussiness Owner in the Poorhouse

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Linda Lee David, out of Bridgeport, took her family on vacation to Niagara Falls on her boss’s credit cards. Linda’s boss, Oreste Speciale, had no idea what was happening to him and his credit. Linda David even documented the trip with a little video camera that she had bought for ...

Identity Theft Outlook for 2009 – Looks Like We Need LifeLock More than Ever

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

In 2008 identity theft became the fastest growing crime in the United States.  Identity theft has claimed more than 10 million in the US alone. This is according to the Federal Trade Commission.  2008 was a host to hundreds of data breaches and identity theft rings. Businesses lost millions of ...