Entries Categorized as 'Fraud Alert'

Identity Theft 3 D’s: Defend

Date March 15, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or get new posts via email. Thanks for visiting!Note: This is Part 3 of a 3 part series. Part 1 was Deter Identity Theft, and Part 2 was Detect Identity Theft.
Many people, even after taking many precautions and carefully monitoring, become […]

TV Station Puts Identity Theft Protection Companies to the Test

Date February 26, 2008

A TV station in Denver, CBS4, did a test of three popular Identity Theft Protection companies: LifeLock, TrustedID, and Loudsiren/Debix.
The Test

Three of the station’s employees signed for the services, one for each one
Each employee called up their respective providers and asked what would happen if someone tried to apply for a credit card in their […]

Credit Monitoring vs. Fraud Alerts vs. Credit Freezes

Date February 25, 2008

The array of options for identity theft protection can be quite confusing. Credit monitoring, fraud alerts and credit freezes are 3 tools that are used to fight identity theft. What is the difference between them? Which is better?
Credit Monitoring
Credit monitoring is the most common way to protect against identity theft. Up until […]