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No one is Immune to Identity Theft

Jamie Sheller

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(866) 735-1102 Ext 475

Posted by Jamie ShellerMay 01, 2008 12:43 PM

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It is estimated that someone has their identity stolen every 4 seconds in the United States. Victims spend an average of 600 hours and eight thousand dollars ($8,000) recovering from this crime. No one is immune.

On April 23, 2008, it was reported that hundreds of Ground Zero workers were exposed to potential identity theft when stacks of payroll sheets, with social security numbers, were dumped into a trash bin behind 115 Broadway.

Recently, LendingTree announced that it experienced a security breach when several of its employees stole the personal information of its customers. This information was sold to other financing companies who in turn used the stolen information for direct solicitiations.

If you suspect that your personal information has been stolen or that you have been the victim of identity theft, you should contact a lawyer immediately to find out about your legal rights.

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Posted by Colin Trethewey
May 01, 2008 4:49 PM

After seeing your article we have set up a promo code to help victims of this incident get ID Theft protection at a discount. Potential victims can go to More ... " rel="nofollow">More ... and use promo code: NYC

Thanks, Colin
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Colin Trethewey
LoudSiren.com, Media Relations
Identity Protection Network™
Email: colin@loudsiren.com
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Posted by wellspring
May 02, 2008 6:35 PM

Thanks for the code, Colin. But if you're planning on doing some comparative shopping, you can look at More ... and see how the top products stack up against each other.

Posted by JSharpe
May 06, 2008 8:16 AM

Here is more on that
Insiders Expose Lending Tree Customers to Identity Theft
More ...

I agree that its time to get pro-active not reactive... I had no time to take do all the steps/paperwork to take precautions so we signed up the whole family for IDFreeze, Credit Lendor Check etc. I was tired of "waiting/thinking" it could never happen to one my tribe.

JSharpe

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