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TrustedID
Read Full Review 		Editor's Review: TrustedID is the best overall value in identity theft protection. The service helps you set and renew fraud alerts on your credit file and monitors your credit cards, public records, the Internet, medical records and more. NextAdvisor.com visitors receive an exclusive 15% discount and 30 day free trial.
Services: Our Ratings: Bottom Line:
TrustedID Rating:
 Best overall value, especially for families; Exclusive 30 day free trial & 15% off
LifeLock Rating:
 Great value for identity theft protection; 30 days free & 10% off
Identity Guard Total Protection Rating:
 Most complete ID theft detection service; Free Internet Security Suite; 30 Day Free Trial
Identity Truth Rating:
 Excellent fraud monitoring and online tools
ID Patrol from Equifax Rating:
 Excellent mixture of credit report data and identity theft protection tools
ProtectMyID.com Rating:
 Good option for consumers that are most concerned with credit report monitoring; Sign up over the phone by calling 866-958-6943
ID Watchdog Rating:
 Most straightforward recovery guarantee we have seen; Dedicated toll free number 800-233-1845
LoudSiren Rating:
 Innovative automated phone system makes managing fraud alerts easy
Equifax with Score Power Rating:
 Great combination of credit monitoring and id theft detection
Identity Theft Shield Rating:
 Does not prevent identity theft but assists in recovery
Identity Guard Good Start Rating:
 Cheapest id theft detection available

NextAdvisor Identity Theft Blog Headlines

What to do with leftover customer data?
Verified Identity Pass was a privately owned company that offered a service called Clear, which was designed to help air travelers get through airport security checks faster by vetting their identities and backgrounds in advance. On June 21, Verified Identity Pass announced that, for financial reasons, it would be ceasing operations. The abrupt closure has [...]

Master hacker pleads guilty
Infamous hacker Max Ray Vision, a.k.a. "Iceman", a.k.a Max Butler pleaded guilty yesterday to wire fraud charges. Wired Magazine reports that he "stole nearly 2 million credit card numbers from banks, businesses and other hackers, which were used to rack up $86 million in fraudulent charges." Butler started out as a good guy, doing contract [...]

The dog ate my checkbook
We should never laugh at identity theft, but a recent case from Arlington, Washington does put a humorous spin on an old excuse. A woman allegedly started using her ex-husband's checks to pay for some of her expenses. When police went to question the woman, she initially told them that, "her dog got into her [...]

Scammers use online dating services to target potential victims
Last week, guest expert Robert Siciliano discussed scammers who use Craigslist classified ads to target potential victims. Apparently, the same types of scammers also use online dating services to seek out gullible marks. A few days ago, Consumerist received a story from a reader who was contacted by a scammer on Match.com. The message is [...]

ATMs fall victim to malware
Robert Siciliano's blog piece on ATM card skimming probably had a lot of people checking their ATMs for tiny cameras above the keypads and card-skimmers attached to the card slot. This month, New Scientist is reporting on a method for skimming card data that is completely invisible to users of cash machines. In fact, [...]

A week of false claims
Yesterday, we reported on Thomas Parkins who dressed as his deceased mother in order to claim her Social Security checks. But this was not the only fraud this week that left us scratching our heads: Rebecca Beshausen abused the kindness of online strangers by telling the story of her pregnancy with a child she knew would [...]

Identity theft of the dead
Not all victims of identity theft are among the living. The AP has reported that a New York man is charged with grand larceny and criminal impersonation after it was revealed that he was dressing as his long-deceased mother. For six years, since her death, Thomas Parkin has been donning wig and glasses to collect [...]

T-Mobile denies data breach despite hacker claims
A proprietary T-Mobile document that hackers claimed had been stolen from the company's servers appeared on an Internet security website earlier this month. The anonymous individual that provided the document also claimed that they would be selling the compromised T-Mobile data to the highest bidder. T-Mobile responded by stating that they had identified [...]

Family picture taken from social media site
Danielle Smith, who lives in Missouri, posted a family portrait, featuring herself, her husband and their two children, on a few different social networking sites. Two weeks ago, a friend of Danielle's was driving though Prague when he spotted the Smiths' portrait in the window of a grocery store. The picture had been repurposed into [...]

Data Breach Alert: More than 17,000 VCU students impacted
Last week, Virginia Commonwealth University sent letters to 17,214 current and former students, notifying them that their names, Social Security numbers and test scores may have been exposed when a computer was stolen from the school library. VCU is offering the impacted individuals one year of identity theft insurance. Another 22,500 students have been notified [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the U.S. with over 9 million people victimized annually? If you are a victim of identity theft, you may lose the ability to get and use credit cards, loans, and even the most basic services such as phone service and television. You could even end up in jail due to mistaken identity! Fortunately, there are some great and cost-effective services to help prevent and detect identity theft.

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Identity Theft Prevention

We recommend identity theft prevention services, such as LifeLock and TrustedID, for those serious about preventing identity theft. These services set fraud alerts with the credit bureaus so a new account can't be opened in your name without you being contacted.

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Identity Theft Detection

For those who don't want fraud alerts set on their credit files or who also want to keep close tabs on their credit scores and reports, identity theft detection services, such as Identity Guard and Equifax Credit Watch Gold, are a great way to go. These services alert you to any changes in your credit file daily and will help you detect any identity theft quickly.