Credit Monitoring
Monitoring Your Credit to Prevent Identity Theft
Imagine the feeling: You’ve worked tirelessly to save up for an entire year to replace the old clunker with a shiny new car. Now you’re finally ready to buy. You haven’t been monitoring your credit, so before heading to the dealership, you pull your credit report to learn your credit score and get a sense of the type of loan for which you’ll qualify.
But your report reveals a bombshell. Several credit card accounts have been falsely opened in your name. Someone has charged thousands of dollars in purchases!
Identity Theft Protection: An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure
Has your computer ever become infected by a virus or spyware? Remember the painful, lengthy process it was to remove it? If you’ve experienced this, the first thing you probably did after the problem was solved was add anti-virus or anti-spyware to your computer to prevent this all-too-common nightmare from happening again.
The above situation is directly comparable to identity theft – simple to prevent, tremendously difficult to solve. The old adage of “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is truer in identity theft than anywhere else.
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