Comments on: The Shocking Truth About Identity Theft & 4-Year-Old Tyler’s Unbelievable Horror! http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/how-identity-theft/ Regain Your Good Credit Life! Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:29:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/how-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Mike Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:24:58 +0000 http://fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/?p=131#comment-332 Good to hear from you, Ron! ID Theft is MORE deadly than H1N1, though you wouldn't think so by the media's lack of attention. How bad do I think ID Theft is? Let me give an example to punctuate my point. At age 16, I worked at a gas station located right off the freeway. One night, a fellow worker and I were robbed at gun point by wanted fugitives on a crime spree across the United States. I had a 357 loaded with hollow points pressed against my head. I think most people would agree they'd have nightmares for years. In fact, the girl who worked with me that night never worked there again. That was it for her. I had heard she needed therapy as well. In college, I got slammed with a bad case of Identity Theft. One day, I'm fine. The next day, somebody sucker-punched me...for what seemed like a daily occurrence for months! Without doubt, ID Theft caused me more sleepless nights and pain than armed robbery. What I know about ID Theft terrifies me! ID Thieves today EASILY can wreck people's lives with just a few key strokes. Worse, on the right day of the week, I know how to steal most people's identity if I wanted to. It's easier than you EVER could imagine. Since I've been through it, ID Theft compares to getting surprised in a dark alley and beaten up...and it feels as if the beating goes on every stinkin' day for as long as every stinkin' debt collector calls and calls and calls. Good luck trying to get help from the police or FTC or credit bureaus. Absolutely forget about trying to get a debt collector to believe you or empathize. Ain't gonna happen...never...ever! You mentioned Identity Guard. From my experience, I recommend a different service (albeit less expensive as well). See this blog post for my review of the top ID Theft monitoring services: http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/best-identity-theft/ For other posts I've written about ID Theft, check these out: http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/lifelock-identity-theft-protection-suffers-major-setback/ http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/avoid-identity-theft-fran/ http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/repair-credit-fast-identity-theft/ http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/avoid-identity-theft-jobs/ http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/bad-credit-repair-watchdogs/ Identity Theft is SOOOOOOOOOOO serious I have devoted an entire newsletter to how to avoid (or minimize) getting the wind knocked out of you (issue #4). Thanks, Ron, for seeing the seriousness of this crime that continues exploding EVERY year. Why is the media not talking about this epidemic as they are about H1N1. Hope this helps you, Ron. I NEVER want anyone to go through what I went through. Mike Good to hear from you, Ron!

ID Theft is MORE deadly than H1N1, though you wouldn’t think so by the media’s lack of attention.

How bad do I think ID Theft is? Let me give an example to punctuate my point. At age 16, I worked at a gas station located right off the freeway. One night, a fellow worker and I were robbed at gun point by wanted fugitives on a crime spree across the United States. I had a 357 loaded with hollow points pressed against my head.

I think most people would agree they’d have nightmares for years. In fact, the girl who worked with me that night never worked there again. That was it for her. I had heard she needed therapy as well.

In college, I got slammed with a bad case of Identity Theft. One day, I’m fine. The next day, somebody sucker-punched me…for what seemed like a daily occurrence for months! Without doubt, ID Theft caused me more sleepless nights and pain than armed robbery.

What I know about ID Theft terrifies me! ID Thieves today EASILY can wreck people’s lives with just a few key strokes. Worse, on the right day of the week, I know how to steal most people’s identity if I wanted to. It’s easier than you EVER could imagine.

Since I’ve been through it, ID Theft compares to getting surprised in a dark alley and beaten up…and it feels as if the beating goes on every stinkin’ day for as long as every stinkin’ debt collector calls and calls and calls. Good luck trying to get help from the police or FTC or credit bureaus. Absolutely forget about trying to get a debt collector to believe you or empathize. Ain’t gonna happen…never…ever!

You mentioned Identity Guard. From my experience, I recommend a different service (albeit less expensive as well).

See this blog post for my review of the top ID Theft monitoring services: http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/best-identity-theft/

For other posts I’ve written about ID Theft, check these out:

http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/lifelock-identity-theft-protection-suffers-major-setback/
http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/avoid-identity-theft-fran/
http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/repair-credit-fast-identity-theft/
http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/avoid-identity-theft-jobs/
http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/bad-credit-repair-watchdogs/

Identity Theft is SOOOOOOOOOOO serious I have devoted an entire newsletter to how to avoid (or minimize) getting the wind knocked out of you (issue #4).

Thanks, Ron, for seeing the seriousness of this crime that continues exploding EVERY year. Why is the media not talking about this epidemic as they are about H1N1.

Hope this helps you, Ron. I NEVER want anyone to go through what I went through.

Mike

]]> By: Ron Garner http://www.fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/how-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Ron Garner Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:29:54 +0000 http://fixmyuglycredit.com/blog/?p=131#comment-331 Great Blog Mike, Ive been thinking more about protecting my identity with monitoring services like Identity Guard. I had them for a few months and they seem like a good company to work with. Its ashame to hear about these kind of struggles some families go through getting their lives turned upside down. fortunately we do have resources to protect ourselves from these scenarios. Whats your take on ID Guard and do you have others tips to protect my identity? Ron Great Blog Mike, Ive been thinking more about protecting my identity with monitoring services like Identity Guard. I had them for a few months and they seem like a good company to work with. Its ashame to hear about these kind of struggles some families go through getting their lives turned upside down. fortunately we do have resources to protect ourselves from these scenarios. Whats your take on ID Guard and do you have others tips to protect my identity?
Ron

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