October 18th, 2007

Saving Your Credit from Thieves

Posted in Credit, Helpful Information

If you’re like me, you probably are concerned about the growing problem of identity theft in our country. Each day, millions of people become victims of identity theft where thieves steal their identity and open up credit accounts, get loans, buy houses and a lot more using the victim’s credit.

One service that helps prevent this type of crime in your life is Lifelock. They put a lock on your credit so that any new credit applications have to be manually approved by you or them. This prevents thieves from hijacking your good credit.

There are other services that do this too, but Lifelock appears to be the industry leader. Check them out.