Sure, if you want your credit to be absolutely convenient, you would not select a credit freeze. But if you are a victim of identity theft, you would be happy to have that available to you. Ultimately, it is the only thing that will really stop identity theft.
The most common complaint of identity theft victims is they have to take time off work, ... I can't tell you how many people have called and said, 'I had to take a week off work.'
Some criminals have learned that impersonating the deceased is a successful way to commit identity theft.
I think it's probably going to be as big of an issue as say, identity theft.
I think it's probably going to be as big of an issue as identity theft has been for the past decade. We hear from people almost daily who are having problems with their background checks.
Ultimately, you cannot prevent identity theft from happening to you, ... You can only reduce your chances.
We're seeing almost as much interest and concerns in background checks as we were seeing in identity theft about a decade ago.
If you've got your house, got your car, got your two credit cards and you know there's no other credit that you'll be getting in the near future and you're very, very, very concerned about identity theft, take advantage of the fraud alert,