WHICH IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION SERVICE SHOULD I BUY?
A slew of credit monitoring and protection products already promise to look over your shoulder and make sure no one has swiped your credit card number or applied for credit in your name. And now Travelers Property Casualty Corp. has launched identity fraud protection should the worst happen and a thief steals your identity. In identity theft, an impostor buys cars, charges up credit cards, rents apartments in your name and then vanishes. Stolen papers, ruined credit Somehow, somewhere, a thief snatched your Social Security number, credit card numbers, date of birth, and other personal information and has been posing as you ever since. Your credit is ruined. Most identity theft victims never find out how it happened. They learn of the crime when an angry creditor calls or a credit card is declined. Experts estimate that at least 400,000 Americans are victims of identity theft each year. Consumer activists, credit bureaus and federal agencies are meeting in Washington D.C., this week to
