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 ...

The emotional toll of being an ID theft victim

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

We usually bring you stories with high dollar amounts attached to them. Saying someone stole over $2 million by ID theft has a definable number -- something we can all tally. But what about the emotional damage that ID theft can bring upon its victims? How is that calculated? ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Judge Halts ID Theft Investigation of Colorado tax preparer – LifeLock

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

In late November I wrote a story about immigration identity theft and the effect it’s having. I mentioned one case out of Colorado that involved the tax preparer, Amalia Cerrillo, the owner of Amalia’s Translation and Tax Services. Well it seems that a judge has ordered a halt to the ...

“PIN Cashing” a New Threat to Banks – LifeLock

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

With all the hype going around about the Conficker computer worm I thought it might be interesting to talk about technologies and people that can brake into systems and steal. For those who don’t know what Conflicker is here is a short description from wikipedia.

LifeLock “Celebrity Apprentice” Sweepstakes Promotion

Monday, April 6th, 2009

LifeLock is having another sweepstakes where one lucky winner and a guest will get a trip to New York City for four days and three nights. Along with $1,000 cash prize the lucky prizewinner will also get to experience the season finale of “The Celebrity Apprentice” that’s being filmed on ...

Uncle and Nephew Identity Theft Combo

Monday, March 30th, 2009

I’m sure that people are tired of hearing about identity theft. Identity theft horror stories are everywhere and are hard to ignore. This story isn’t necessarily a horror story, but it’s a good example of a business that you should be able to trust with your information but probably shouldn’t.

But Wait, I’m not the Identity Thief!

Friday, March 27th, 2009

What can make identity theft worse than just loosing some money and gaining some bad credit? When the identity thieves make you the criminal instead of them. I have read a couple identity theft stories, similar to the one, and in my opinion they are the worst kinds of identity ...

Binghamton University Data Breach

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Most data breach stories are rather boring and includes talk about how companies fail to protect their data. Most companies and organizations have a least one data breach at one time or another. Binghamton University has had many and can’t seem to get their act together. One would assume they ...

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 ...

Red Flag Laws extended for Doctors

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

      The New Red flag laws were set forth last November as part of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003. The new laws were designed to make entities that extend credit to consumers in exchange for goods and or services, make a plan to detect identity theft ...

Child Identity Theft

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

     In a new Case study about children and identity theft found that 5% of children have a credit report when they shouldn't. Over half of those 5%  have been a victim of identity theft. Those same 5% had on average 12,779 in credit that was either wrongly assigned to ...

Man Arrested Several Times Because of Identity Theft PartII

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

   The nightmare doesn't stop there. Byrd was then fired from his Part-time job for failing to disclose his criminal recored which he didn't really have. A couple months later he was fired from him full-time job. When he tried to get his unemployment benefits they were denied because of ...