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Identity Theft

Chances are that you already know what ID theft is or you wouldn't be here reading this page. You already know that it's expensive, time consuming, damaging to you peace of mind, your job and marital stability, and more. What you probably don't know is that it is 90% preventable with one simple (and cheap) fix.

Solving ID Theft

Lock your credit reports with a Credit Freeze to prevent credit-based ID theft (90% of ID theft risk).
Learn to protect your information to prevent not only ID theft, but many other kinds of problems (the rest of ID theft risk).

Save Time and Money

Cancel Credit Monitoring services.
Cancel Id Theft Insurance
Do it yourself ID theft prevention
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How to Stop Credit-Based ID Theft with a Credit Freeze

A credit freeze locks your credit report preventing any thieves from being able to open new accounts in your name. Your credit cards and current accounts work like they always have.

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Data Defense

One of the most important, but least understood, threats against us today is the creeping data-abuse by companies seeking to compile complete profiles on every American in order to enable "targeted marketing".

Until laws are in place to control their use of your data, learn the tips and tricks to make it harder for them while improving your identity-theft defense at the same time.

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Credit Monitoring

What is credit monitoring, why it doesn't live up to its promises, and what you can do instead.

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Id Theft Insurance

Id theft insurance is another of the many types of "services" that have been created in response to the id-theft problem. But rather than help you solve identity theft, it generally helps the insurance company transfer money from you to them.

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Do it Yourself Identity Theft Protection

Are you paying for ID theft protection? Maybe you should see just how easy it is to do these things yourself before spending any money.

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