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Toolman286
I am wondering which service anyone uses or recommendations. And yes I know, "nobody wants to be you." A site search didn't help.
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  • reload999
    I don't use a monitoring service, but I put a freeze on my credit with the big 3 credit reporting services.
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  • remingtonoaks
    I got a friend that's the president of the bank. He says those services are a bigger scam than the people that steal your identity...

    The credit services automatically have credit theft Protection, if somebody buys something under your name, all you have to do is just dispute it that it's not you, (that's all a credit protection company would do). Your credit card and banking accounts automatically have Theft Protection, if somebody hacks your account then you just call you credit card company/banks and let them know, they investigated and get you your money back, that's all credit protection company would do. And that's already covered by banks for you....

    The only thing extra that those credit protection services is monitor your credit. Download Credit Karma and you can do the same thing....

    If I were you I would Freeze your credit with all three credit reporting bureaus which is free and that's more protection then anything else you could do that's already being done for you

    But those credit identity theft companies don't actually protect you from anything, they will tell you they will reimburse you up x amount of dollars. But that's already covered by your creditors to begin with...
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  • shilowar
    I have IDShield thru legal Shield as an employee benefit.
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  • Rack Ops
    I have Credit Karma and Credit Wise apps on my phone. Both are free.
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  • nmyers
    Remingtonoaks is correct.

    Remember, you aren't "the customer"; you are "the product".

    Neal
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  • spasmcreek
    oh yeah CC protection ????..i have one CC..only one at a time since CC's originally came out...pay in full the day i get the monthly bill ...this one since 2008...CANNOT get thru and get anyone to fix a charge i did NOT get 30 days ago...one time they got tired of talking to me so they put on a screeeeeeeech that blasted my ears till i hung up.....4 times now....i am going to quit this one and get another bank offered visa where i have an account...and they have gals answer that will not talk clear and slow so i can hear on a cell phone, no matter how many times i tell them to....BS
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  • wiplash
    quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
    oh yeah CC protection ????..i have one CC..only one at a time since CC's originally came out...pay in full the day i get the monthly bill ...this one since 2008...CANNOT get thru and get anyone to fix a charge i did NOT get 30 days ago...one time they got tired of talking to me so they put on a screeeeeeeech that blasted my ears till i hung up.....4 times now....i am going to quit this one and get another bank offered visa where i have an account...and they have gals answer that will not talk clear and slow so i can hear on a cell phone, no matter how many times i tell them to....BS


    I would go to your local News and let them record it![;)]
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  • wpage
    +1 on putting a block on the big 3 credit groups.
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  • carbine100
    Also check your homeowners policy. Mine covers identity theft.

    You might already be paying for one???
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  • Toolman286
    Thanks for the advise. Yes, my homeowner's policy covers it after the fact, but I'm interested in monitoring. I'll check out the free ones first & try the block.
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