There is no way you have gone this long and have not heard of identity theft and are not worried about it in some kind of way.
This crime is taking the country by storm and continues to get worse.
The reason is because there are so many people who leave themselves open to becoming a victim, especially with the increasing popularity of social networking sites.
These sites ask you to put up personal information, information that you would never tell a stranger.
Then of course you are asked to become friends with people you have never met or known in your life.
When you add these people they have access to your full name, email address, birthday and much more.
Twenty years ago having that kind of information available to anyone would have scared people but now it is so common we don't realize what kind of danger we are putting ourselves in.
To make matters even worse there are so many people who rely on the internet to hold personal information and do their banking and even shopping that it is a hackers dream.
If you are concerned about becoming a victim there are some things you can do to try and prevent identity theft.
These things include the simplest of just having complicated passwords and not having your personal identification and information out there.
Another thing you need to watch is how you monitor your credit score.
You need to have a good idea of where it is at but not check it too often.
This is an even bigger concern because your score can be severely damaged by identity theft.
You need to be educated in the best possible way to fix your score and that is with credit repair.
There is no other way to fix your number better than by using credit repair because it will get the job done in weeks.
By David George