A LifeLock testimonial

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

We frequently write about ID theft news and how they relate to you. We also write about the benefits of LifeLock and what they're membership can do to help deter identity theft and credit fraud from happening to you. One of the methods LifeLock helps to protect is by monitoring ...

How to avoid identity theft during the holidays

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

There's no crime like ID theft during the holidays and nothing can ruin your holiday cheer faster than finding out you've been a victim of identity theft. During the holiday season people give generously -- our time, our money and our credit cards. We charge up a bundle in department ...

Man tries to get his inheritance early, by stealing his Grandfather’s identity!

Friday, October 30th, 2009

How despicable does someone have to be to steal their own grandfather's identity? Just ask Arthur James IV, a 34 year old Delaware resident, who just wracked up ten charges of identity theft related crimes for doing just that. As if just the thought of stealing your grandfather's identity wasn't ...

Here’s a switch: woman steals nanny’s identity

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

When you hear stories that involve identity theft between a woman and her nanny, one would normally draw the conclusion that the nanny is stealing from the mother. Most likely visions of Rebecca De Mornay and scenes from Hand that Rocks the Cradle flash through your head. This time ...

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 ...

Real Life Version of Movie “Heartbreakers” Plays Out in Conneticut Court

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Heartbreakers was a movie that came out in 2001 that dealt with a mother (played by Sigorney Weaver) and daughter (Jennifer Love Hewitt) team who conned millionaires out of their money. While Barbara Niedkowski isn't Sigorney Weaver and her daughter, Delilah Campbell, is no Jennifer Love Hewitt, they're stories share ...

Secret Service Mole Charged in Largest ID Theft Scheme Ever

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

One hundred and thirty million. The number itself just boggles the mind. Try to think of 130,000,000 of anything and you'll get a headache. Now think of that number in regards to debit card information. That's right, 130 million account records -- that's the number that Albert Gonzalez stole... this ...

Happy Father’s Day to My Two Dads

Friday, June 19th, 2009

With Father's Day this weekend chances are you've already thought up and bought your father his gift. If your dad is anything like mine, that's an extremely hard process. Fathers are notoriously hard to buy for, so how much more difficult would it be to buy for two, or three ...

Bad Music, Credit Fraud, iTunes, Amazon and a Plan

Friday, June 12th, 2009

There are plenty of bands that want to make it big. However few of them go about it in the way you're about to read. It seems that a gang of rather daft punks decided to used cloned credit cards from American and U.K users to purchase $750,000 dollars worth of ...