Your wallet is missing. Thousands of dollars have been charged to your credit cards, your checking account is empty, and loans you never took out appear on your credit report. What happened? You’ve been a victim of identity theft. – an increasingly common and inventive crime. Victimizing nearly 10 million Americans in 2008 at a cost of $48 billion, the number of identity theft victims rose 22% over the previous year. That’s another identity stolen every three seconds.

The crime of identity theft occurs when someone, without your knowledge, fraudulently uses your personal information to obtain goods, services, credit, or your assets. As criminals continue to employ more sophisticated and high-tech methods, the number of identities exposed in a single theft increases dramatically. Every week, retail companies, financial institutions, and national organizations are breached, and the personal and financial information of hundreds of thousands, in some cases even millions of Americans is stolen.

Financial costs aside, identity theft victims can spend frustrating hours talking to credit card companies, banks, police and credit bureaus repairing the damage. That’s why it’s more important than ever you take precautionary steps to help reduce your risk of identity theft.

LifeLock, the leader in identity theft protection, works proactively to help protect your identity – even if your information falls into the wrong hands. As a LifeLock member, if you become a victim of identity theft because of a failure in their service, they’ll help fix it at their expense, up to $1,000,000.

Here’s what you get with LifeLock Identity theft Protection service:

eRecon

LifeLock monitors the Internet for the illegal selling of your information with eRecon™. Identity thieves can buy, sell, and trade identity information over the Internet in seconds. eRecon™ patrols over 10,000 criminal websites and notifies you if your personal information is found being misused online.

WalletLock

If your wallet is ever lost or stolen, call LifeLock and a WalletLock™ representative will help you contact each credit card, bank, or document issuing company to cancel your accounts and replace your lost documents. These include your credit/debit cards, driver’s license, Social Security card, insurance cards, checkbook, and even traveler’s checks (pictures, cash, and other monies excluded).

TrueAddress

LifeLock verifies change of address requests submitted on your behalf. By simply placing a change of address request, identity thieves can steal your mail, giving them access to your personal information. LifeLock monitors any changes to your address with TrueAddress™, and contacts you if the address on file for your membership does not match the request submitted to various nationwide address databases.

Free Annual Credit Reports

LifeLock requests copies of your free annual credit reports be sent to you. These free reports allow you to check for any potential problems or discrepancies.

Reduced Pre-Approved Credit Offers

LifeLock will request that your name be removed from pre-approved credit offer mailing lists. Over time, you will notice a dramatic decrease in the amount of pre-approved credit card offers you receive in the mail.

24-Hour Customer Service

LifeLock Member Services department is available to help 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Members also have instant, anytime access to their accounts through the membersonly myLifeLock website.

$1 Million Total Service Guarantee

As a LifeLock member, if you become a victim of identity theft because of a failure in their service, they’ll help fix it at their expense, up to $1,000,000. (Restrictions apply. See lifelock.com for details.)

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