Welcome to our first issue!

In this and issues to come we're going to be discussing everything that has to do with identity theft:  how to be proactive in avoiding it, how to keep from falling into phishing and pharming traps, how to avoid passport Identity Theft and much more...

Among other things we'll review services that provide Identity Theft protection and will help you get it back if you've become a victim.

So, dive in!  We'll be publishing new articles every week or so, and a whole new issue every quarter.  Also please check out the Books and Services Section.  Lotta good stuff in there too.

Articles in this issue....

Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world today.  You've worked hard to get and maintain a good credit rating.  There are several steps you can take today to ensure that you are protected as much as possible against the crime of identity theft, which can sink your credit rating to negative numbers almost overnight...

Have Control of Your Data to Avoid Identity Theft

In order to avoid identity theft it has been proposed that consumers should have complete control of their personal data.  This is something the Jack Dunning who runs a blog on the subject and has concluded.  And he should know, he has spent 35 years selling consumer's personal data to the junk mail industry...

Identity Theft Task Force: Robust Measures to Combat Identity Crime

In America, President Bush established a task force on identity theft in 2006.  This was comprised of 17 federal agencies and departments and is in the process of developing robust and reliable strategies to fight identity theft...

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Phishing Scams and Identity Theft

The process goes something like this: you receive an email. It's addressed to you (although it doesn't have your name on it). It has a professional looking logo and looks to the whole world to be from your bank. But, it's not...

Hoax Emails: Stealing Your Identity

What is a hoax email? Simply put, one that is a fake, counterfeit or a forgery. The forged part is that of the sender's identity and his or her intention...

Passport Identity Theft

People lose, sell or give away their passports for various reasons. Don't lose control of your identity and know what to do, especially, if you lose or someone steals your passport....

The Identity Theft Bookstore

My Identity Theft Help

How to protect your identity and money from identity theft.

Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft

Discover how theives can steal your identity and what you can do to protect yourself.  Packed with complete information on all agencies to contact and the forms you'll need to fill out.

Information Security Secrets Revealed

Discover in less than one hour how to protect your passwords, credit card acounts, and social security numbers from hackers and identity thieves...

Identity Theft Services

LifeLock provides a proactive identity theft service, specializing in the prevention of identity theft rather than the reporting of it. LifeLock was founded in 2005 and is already considered the industry leader.

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