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September 25, 2007

Prepaid legal or Personal Attorney

With the number of lawsuits against businesses increasing each year, business owners need to be prepared to handle potential problems as they arise.

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July 24, 2007

Big Brother may pay you to submit

insanity.jpg A new discount plan from GMAC Insurance gives a discount on premiums to drivers of General Motors vehicles with the OnStar service if they let the insurer track the number of miles they drive.

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May 21, 2007

Is Credit Monitoring Worth Paying As Much As $15 Per Month?

Identity Theft Protection is undoubtedly important. However, many consumers have wondered whether Credit Monitoring services offered by Third Parties are worth the cost. Most times, such cost varies anywhere between $8 and $15 per month, depending on provider, and type of service.

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May 13, 2007

"Identity Theft Could Give Victim Criminal Record"

Over the next ten years, Dahlstrom was told he had crashed a rental car, run up a host of unpaid parking tickets, and was involved in a hit-and-run accident. Just this last year, Dahlstrom received word from his local police department that there was a warrant for his arrest in California.

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May 6, 2007

Identity Theft: A family Perspective

Five years ago you may not yet have heard of Identity Theft. Two years ago Citibank had you laughing about it. One may think that ID Theft is only about credit cards. And if it happens to you they will make it right. Right? In many cases, wrong.

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April 14, 2007

The FBI has called it “The fastest growing crime in America.” Close to 10 million Americans every year are victimized by it and the costs are estimated at 50 billion dollars annually. Many criminals get off easy while the victims spend years working to restore their damaged credit reports and reputations. Worse yet, there seems to be no end in sight.

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April 12, 2007

IRS Warns against ID Theft

WASHINGTON -- If you haven't filed your tax return yet, the Internal Revenue Service wants to make sure you don't risk identity theft as you try to meet the deadline.

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March 29, 2007

2007 Identity Theft Report

The number of companies being phished has been consistently growing by more than 200 new brands each quarter, with a recent increase of 50% from January to February, up from 800 to 1,200 unique brands phished.

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March 24, 2007

PrePaid Legal definitely worth a look

HPIM2744-1.JPG The top identity theft and legal plan program in North America converged upon Oklahoma City. The group was greeted by the Oklahoma Lt. Governor, Congressman, State Senator, Insurance Commissioner, and Attorney General (President of US Attorney Generals).

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November 19, 2006

Identity Theft continues to grow

A company, NBS, losses 11 million customer records. The company operates in the mortgage banking, loans, insurance industries. Which Identity do you not want stolen: Financial, Criminal, Social Security, Medical, or Drivers License Identity.

Just two weeks ago, ACS in Colorado announced that they "lost" 1.4 million customer records in the state of Colorado. With 4.5 million Colorado residents, it makes you wonder. 1 in 4 people in Colorado because potential victims of Identity Theft with one incident. Statistically speaking, on every quad chairlift, one of the riders will be a victim this year.

And with 42% of the victims taking more than 1 year to rectify the situation. It makes Identity Theft Shield protection that much more critical.

to your success,
Jon

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