Crime ring that sold felons stolen identity packages shut down

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Think of it as a bargain warehouse club for criminals. For a nominal fee between $7,000 to $10,000, felons and other enigmatic individuals were able to purchase brand new identity packages for themselves -- complete with birth certificates, Social Security cards, work identification documents and, as a final coup de ...

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 ...

LifeLock discount and promotion code

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

You've no doubt noticed the many ID theft prevention services and credit monitoring services that have popped up lately. Some have catchy songs alluding to free credit reports that aren't actually free. Others use celebrities and CGI squirrels. But the fact remains that there's been one company who has ...

How to sign up for LifeLock Command Center if you’re already a LifeLock member

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

LifeLock recently unveiled a new tier of ID theft protection to their members. Named LifeLock Command Center, this new tier allows members to have more control over theft prevention measures than ever before. It's a major step forward for LifeLock and keeps them on the leading edge of solutions ...

LifeLock introduces Command Center membership

Monday, December 21st, 2009

LifeLock has offered identity theft prevention services since 2005. During that time they've grown into the largest preventative ID theft solution in the world. Now LifeLock is offering even more protection to your in their LifeLock Command Center. The LifeLock Command Center option is a second tier membership. In addition ...

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 ...

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 ...

California Proposing Face-detection Technology

Monday, May 18th, 2009

One of the key elements of stealing someone’s identity is to be able to present proof that you are who you say you are. If the thief can convince the DMV that they are you then getting a license is a snap, which means acquiring loans and credit is even ...

Twitter and the Porn Name Game – It might cause an identity theft!

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

I was reading on the Internet about the porn name game, that has been popular on Twitter, where you answer some questions about yourself and it will generate your porn name for you. HAHA very funny, it’s good for a chuckle and it’s fun to send to your friends to ...

Staten Island ATM Skimmer Scam

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

With all the advances in technology in the world you would think that the banking system could figure out a way to prevent skimmer type scams. Placing skimmers over the card slot to record the card information is the oldest trick in the book. Scammers have been doing this for ...

Virginia DHP Gets Their Data Held Hostage

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

The Virginia Department of Health Professionals supposedly had 8,257,378 patient records and a total of 35,548,087 prescriptions stolen from their database. The thief is holding the information ransom for $10 million. This kind of extortion is not a new concept, just last October Express Scripts had their information stolen ...

A Warehouse Full of ID Theft Disaster

Friday, May 1st, 2009

What happened to New Orleans with hurricane Katrina was horrible. Buildings, cars, and lives were destroyed in the storm, something that people will never forget. However with this destruction comes the responsibility for the destroyed property. You can’t just abandon property especially if the property contains sensitive documents that could ...

Unemployment and Identity Theft

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

The U.S. is going through a tough time right now. Unemployment is on the rise and the economy is failing. Fortunately there is one industry that thrives during economic hardships, too bad that industry is identity theft. It seems that identity thieves are the only ones not struggling in this economy. ...

IT Analysts Doing a Little Too Much Analyzing

Monday, April 27th, 2009

I don’t know what got me onto this kick of reporting stories about identity thieves that you should be able to trust with your information. Maybe it’s because there have been so many in the last month. Here is yet another story about someone getting their identity stolen by someone ...