Identity Theft: The Problem

Identity theft is becoming a crime of epidemic proportions. Last year nearly 10 million Americans became victims of identity theft. Their combined losses were almost $53 billion and the numbers are growing.

• Victims typically don't know they've been victimized until an average of nine months after their information has been stolen.
• It takes an average of 600 hours spread over the course of 44 months to correct problems associated with identity theft.
• Non-financial exposure such as obtaining employment, home rental, tax fraud and other crimes committed by the identity thief can result in you going to jail.
  
  

Identity Theft Monitoring: The Solution

Protect Your ID is a powerful 4-part system that uses the proprietary Early Alert™ system which identifies potential misuse of your identity before you become a victim.

1. Early Alert™ identity theft monitoring
2. $25,000 in identity theft insurance
3. Identity restoration services
4. 12 issues of the SmartGuard newsletter

Identity Theft Monitoring: The Benefits

Catching identity thieves early in the process minimizes your time spent and money lost correcting any illegal actions the thief has taken. Detecting a theft in process within the first 30 days usually results in less than 10 hours of work to repair.

Protect Your ID offers you peace of mind knowing that if someone does try to assume your identity, you'll catch it before it becomes an expensive and time-consuming legal battle.

Identity Theft Monitoring: How It Works

The Early Alert™ system uses your identifying information (name and address) to search over 1,500 different data sources at daily, weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly intervals. Data sources include, but are not limited to:

• All 3 credit bureaus
• Financial institutions
• Insurance groups
• Cell phone details
• White and Yellow Pages
• Real property records
• Subscriptions

When address changes associated with your ID information are detected, you'll be immediately notified either via email, telephone or PDA, and through your emergency contact number.

If you have initiated the changes, you don't have to do anything. If you didn't initiate the changes, this is your warning that someone is trying to assume your identity.

Read about the 4 key identity theft monitoring features

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