Lifelock identity theft
Lifelock identity theft
LifeLock is a US company that provides identity protection services to its clients. The company has products and specialists that help to prevent identity theft and other identity related crimes. To prevent identity theft, the company gets in touch with credit bureaus and asks them to set fraud alerts on your account for free. This is done by the company’s automated systems and the alerts are up in an hour. If any hitches come up, the company will contact the bureaus manually to get the fraud alerts set on your account. All this hassle is on the company; you are not billed anything for this service. Next, the company will request the bureau, every three months, to put your account on fraud alert unless you do not want them to. Although you may decide to do this on your own (since it’s usually free), the company takes the trouble to ensure that it is done correctly, thus saving you a lot of time. After your account has been put on fraud alert, LifeLock then requests the bureau to remove your name from pre-approved credit card and from junk mail lists. The company continues requesting this whenever the requests expire. It is known that many identity jackers use junk mail to get your personal information. Also, we all know how irritating junk mail can be. You may decide to do this on your own, or you can have the company do it for you at a little fee. Another task that LifeLock undertakes on your behalf is to order your free credit reports from the bureaus. The reports are ordered once every year and are sent directly to you. When you lose your wallet, you can call LifeLock where a WalletLock specialist will be available to help you contact your bank, credit bureaus or companies that issued you documents and help you to cancel your social security number, debit and credit cards numbers, and checkbooks and traveler’s checks at no extra cost. The company also helps to seal gaps of potential ID threats very quickly with its Identity Monitoring package. The package includes eRecon(tm) that will alert you if it finds your personal information being sold or traded illegally online. Another application is the TrueAddress(tm) that alerts you if your address information has been changed by a criminal, maybe in order to steal your email or get your financial information. Lastly, if your identity is stolen, the company will hire lawyers and credit managers to enable you recover your identity. The company has guaranteed that it will spend up to $1,000,000 to help you to recover your identity.










