LifeLock is industry leader in identity theft protection. They offer a service that towers over all the others on the market. LifeLock was the first service of it’s kind and has had time to mature into a great company, which has an unparalleled series of features. I would like to take the time to discuss one of the many features offered by LifeLock, WalletLock.

WalletLock is a great feature that has been apart of LifeLock for the last two years. WalletLock remediates a lost wallet situation. If you were to loose your wallet you know that time is of the essence.  You need to get everything in that wallet cancelled to prevent the thief from having the opportunity to use it. Thieves know this as well, so they are going to try and use your credit cards and checkbook as soon as they can. How long would it take you to cancel all your credit card, stop payment on checks, order new insurance cards, order a new drivers license, and cancel any travelers checks?

If you were a member of LifeLock then all you could have to do is call the members services team and tell them what happened. LifeLock will then hand you over to a WalletLock recovery specialist who can cancel credit and debit cards, driver’s license, Social Security card, insurance cards, checkbooks and traveler’s checks.

Because you give LifeLock all your information to monitor they can cancel and have your cards and checks reissued and sent to your house. If you were to do this sort of thing on your own it could take you a while, in the mean time the thief is stealing money from your accounts. There might be a dozen numbers to call and people to talk to get the job done. LifeLock will help you though the process, making everything quicker, which means your information will be secured faster.

I am a member of LifeLock and have not needed to use their WalletLock service yet. I have however called the member services team and they could not have been nicer. When you call LifeLock they are going to take care of you and any problems you may have. WalletLock and other LifeLock services are great to have and depend on.

A Colorado man has been arrested and indicted by a state grand jury for stealing the identities of nearly two-dozen individuals and using their personal information to pass more than $24,000 in forged checks in 10 Colorado counties.

In addition to stealing the identities of real people, Timothy Kuskowski is accused of committing what’s known as “synthetic identity theft,” which involves using some of a real person’s identifying information, and combining it with other entirely fabricated information. In other cases, synthetic identity theft may be committed with only fabricated identifying information.

Kuskowski passed “a plethora” of forged and fraudulent checks between December 2007 and June 2008. Delta Colorado police officers also found many forged checks and multiple ID cards when they arrested Kuskowski last June.

Additional evidence against the accused includes store-surveillance videos, fingerprints and forensic examination of identifying documents and checks.

Among the many checks allegedly passed by the defendant are several fraudulent payroll checks, some made out to the identity theft victims and others made out to fictional names.

Kuskowski, 45, has been charged with the following felonies:

• One count of theft in the amount of $20,000 or more
• 13 counts of identity theft
• 10 counts of forgery
• One count of criminal impersonation

There’s nothing in the 18-page indictment regarding how Kuskowski might have obtained the personal information of the many identity theft victims.

Despite all the media attention given to hackers, the way most identities are stolen begins with a lost or stolen wallet. In fact, they’re the identity thief’s dream come true. The credit cards, the bankcards, the insurance cards, the driver’s license, and the Social Security card … everything they need to become you is suddenly in the palm of their hands.

That’s why LifeLock developed WalletLock™. Because, when someone else is holding all the cards, you need someone on your team who can help you cancel and replace credit cards, checks, passports, travelers checks, insurance cards, driver’s license and Social Security cards.

When you have LifeLock identity theft protection, all you have to do is make one phone call and one of their certified recovery specialists will immediately start the process of canceling and replacing your documents. You don’t have to go crazy trying to track down the right employee in the right department.

In some states, the recovery specialist can even make all the phone calls and complete all the paperwork for you. But no matter what state you live in, being a LifeLock member means your identity protection is in good hands, and losing your wallet doesn’t have to mean losing your identity … or your mind.

WalletLock™ is available only from LifeLock, and was developed in response to a very real threat to the identities of LifeLock’s nearly 1.5 million members. Visit LifeLock.com today to learn more about WalletLock™. Find out how their other exclusive services–Recon, and TrueAddress—work to help protect members’ identities.

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