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LifeLock, And Other Options

by: JedJenson
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It's a heavy burden to bear when someone has stolen your identity and ruined your credit. The time and effort involved in restoring your credit and good name can bring you to the point of pure frustration and exhaustion. Luckily there are several identity theft protection companies available to consumers that can take the worry and burden out of protecting one's identity. Choosing the right company, however, can be almost as burdensome as having your identity stolen. When it comes to choosing the right identity theft protection company for you and your family, it is important to weigh the pros and cons of each provider before choosing a company with which to place your trust. LifeLock, an identity theft protection company, has been protecting their member's identities for years and the pros of using LifeLock have greatly outweighed the cons.

To begin with, one pro of LifeLock is that they offer child identity theft protection services. At this time, LifeLock is the only company to offer credit checks and monitoring services for a member's child who is under the age of 15. With the number of child identity thefts growing each year, LifeLock is leading the market in providing this needed service.

Another pro of LifeLock is that LifeLock works to prevent identity theft. While most companies provide identity theft monitoring services, LifeLock's services are proactive in preventing identity theft from occurring in the first place. LifeLock's identity prevention services include detecting when a member's address has been illegally changed in national databases through their TrueAddress services; placing fraud alerts on your credit files; and monitoring the internet for black market activity regarding the illegal use of credit card numbers and social security numbers through their eRecon services.

An additional pro of LifeLock services is that LifeLock reduces the amount of pre-approved credit card offers that come in the mail and the number of telemarketing calls received. Phishing scams, or pretexting, are prime ways for identity thieves to steal your personal information, not to mention stealing identifying information from your mail box or trash can. LifeLock prevents identity theft by reducing the amount of access thieves have to your personal information.

Con number One and Only: Although LifeLock pulls credit reports annually, which is a great safeguard against unauthorized issuing of credit or loans, they do not perform daily scans of a member's credit report and only send credit reports annually. Other theft identity services send member's their credit reports on a quarterly basis. In addition, LifeLock does not provide members with their FICA scores which give the member an idea of how they measure-up when it comes to their credit report. However, LifeLock does have plans to add this to their list of services in the near future.

Pro number four: With LifeLock's $1,000,000 total service guarantee, no one will lose time, energy, money and effort in fighting to restore their good name and repair their credit report. LifeLock guarantees that they will provide attorneys, investigators, accountants, case managers, etc. to restore your good name and, if you lose money as a result of the theft, they will reimburse you the amount lost.

When it comes to weighing the pros and cons of using an identity theft protection company, the scales are tipped towards LifeLock. LifeLock offers some of the most comprehensive identity theft protection and prevention services available. When deciding which identity theft protection company is right for you and your family, it is clear that LifeLock's identity theft protection services outweigh the competition.

About the Author

Jed Jenson covers identity theft services. To see other identity theft service reviews, read on.

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