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Identity theft has become a crime of epidemic proportions. Over the
last five years, this crime has impacted over 27 million Americans.
Last year alone, identity theft affected an estimated 10 millions
Americans resulting in losses of over $53 billion.
Don't let yourself become a victim of this crime. If a thief assumes
your identity, it can take about nine months to discover. Not to
mention, it can take approximately 300 hours and up to 44 months
to correct the associated problems-enduring costs, hassle, and
damage to your credit along the way. And in addition to financial
hardship, there may be non-financial misuses of your identity, which
happens in 22% of cases. These include obtaining employment and
renting homes in your name, as well as tax fraud and committing
crimes, which can result in your arrest by authorities.
Today, protecting yourself from identity theft is critical, and now you have the solution-Early Alert™-an innovative early detection and warning system from Privacy Solutions™.
Once thieves steal your social security number, they are able to use
your identity and your good credit. This is the most serious form of
identity theft, called identity assumption. With your social security
number, a thief can now set up bogus bank, credit card, cell phone
accounts or even commit crimes in your name. Then, by redirecting
the billing information for these new accounts to his address, not
yours, the thief delays you for up to nine months from knowing that
fraudulent charges are being made in your name. Hiding address changes from you is crucial to the identity thief's success. Finding
these address changes and alerting you is our job. Allowing us to
protect you and your identity.
Top law enforcement agencies agree that the key to identity theft is
the address. Altered address and billing information is the common
link in cases of identity theft. Alert Now™, Early Alert™'
proprietary system, provides you with 24/7address surveillance
of hundreds data sources at various daily, weekly, bi-weekly and
monthly intervals. Warning you of each change.
Once any changes to your address and telephone number are
detected, we'll notify you by a personal call and, if appropriate,
by email, PDA or via your emergency contact number. If you did
not initiate the change we identified, it is likely that a thief is in the
beginning stages of stealing your identity. Early Alert™ identifies
changes and issues a warning. This unique early detection system
will help you prevent theft or at least substantially limit the amount
of both financial and non-financial damage done. Detecting a theft
in process within the first thirty days usually results in less than 10
hours of work to repair.
Early Alert™ means worry-free identity protection. 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. With a wide range of security expertise and
advanced technology, Early Alert™ puts safeguards in place that
stop identity theft as soon as it starts. By alerting you to bogus
accounts and fraudulent activity, you maintain complete control of
your identity. And with that comes peace of mind.
At Early Alert™, privacy protection is our business-empowering
consumers is our priority. Making safer decisions begins with Privacy Solutions™. We look forward to serving you.
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Now the agency charged with fighting identity theft says it's lost two laptops containing personal data.
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By the time of Shiva Brent Sharma's third arrest for identity theft, at the age of 20, he had taken in well over $150,000 in cash and merchandise in his brief career.
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... credit. "People need to consider how great the risk of ID theft is and whether they will be seeking credit," says Brody. Evan Hendricks ...
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