Brandon Qureshi is an expert on identity theft companies after being victimized in 2006. He's proud to share everything he's learned about identity theft and when he's not writing articles for IDProtectionGuide, Brandon is a forensic accountant and an aspiring author.
IDProtectionGuide’s Brandon Q. takes a detailed look at similarities and differences between Lifelock and TrustedID, two very popular identity theft protection services. He exposes the biggest difference between these protection services and it’s not what you think.
$13.50 per month • lifelock.com
$17.50 per month • identityguard.com
Will The Best Identity Theft Service Please Stand Up?
This is a comparison between the flagship services of Lifelock and Identity Guard: Lifelock’s Command Center and Identity Guard’s Total Protection.
One reason we won the cold war was we simply outspent the Soviet Union. There was no way [...]
$17.99 per month • identityguard.comside-by-side comparison
IDENTITY GUARD® Total ProtectionSM, The Cadillac Of Identity Theft Protection
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Identity Guard should consider itself flattered. Not too long ago, before consumer lawsuits forced Lifelock to change its business model, companies like Lifelock centered their identity protection strategies around placing and renewing fraud [...]
We all know the holidays are a peak time for many businesses including the folks at Amazon. We are busier than ever ordering gifts online trying to make it in time for the holidays and scammers have prepared for all the holiday shopping that’s being done online, targeting Amazon shoppers.
Scammers are counting on you [...]
Three weeks ago Dannica Dillenbeck, a teenager from Albany, Texas found herself filing for identity theft in Mission, Texas after discovering that her identity had been stolen.
Dillenbeck, 17, who has been searching for a job for a year, tried to fill out a job application for the Walmart store in Albany and found out she [...]
Attorney General Kamala Harris, who created an “e-Crime unit” so that California can be a leader in using innovative law enforcement techniques to target criminals, says consumers and businesses in the Golden Gate will now have a much needed unit to fight categories of crimes from internet fraud, theft of computer components and devices, intellectual [...]
Survey Reveals That Millions of Social Media Users at Risk of Identity Theft
Harris Interactive, a leading company specializing in communications tools that survey consumers, recently conducted a survey of users on social networking sites. The survey found that a high percentage of users inadvertently reveal information on social networking sites that could lead to [...]
Intersections Inc., a leading provider of consumer and corporate identity theft protection services and creator of Identity Guard, recently sponsored a report that reveals why it is so easy for criminals to steal your identity. The primary purpose of the report is to create consumer awareness of the rising risks associated with identity theft.
Intersections [...]
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued helpful information for health care and insurance providers in a new publication called Medical Identity Theft FAQs for Health Care Providers and Health Plans. The publication provides tips on how to help patients reduce the risks of medical identity theft as well as how to deal with the [...]
ProtectMyID, a leading identity theft protection service provided by Experian, recently issued a warning to the users of Smartphones concerning the risk of identity theft on mobile devices. The warning was issued as a result of recent research conducted by ProtectMyID regarding data storage and unsecured wireless networks.
Research Results
Identity theft on Smartphones has become [...]
TrustedID is our editor's pick for most comprehensive protection becasue of it's generous family pricing plans and its the only service to offer both credit freezes and credit monitoring with IDEssentials™. Throw in "BEST in Class" wage loss protection offered through their $1 Million Service Warranty, Antivirus protection, medical benefits protection and it's easy to understand why TrustedID is our top pick. Full Review
Identity Guard's Total Protection offers credit monitoring on a level Lifelock's Command Center™, Equifax, or Experian's ProtectMyID can't offer. In addition to the most comprehensive credit report monitoring available, including quarterly updates to your credit score with all three credit reporting agencies, Identity Guard also monitors public records and databases. Additional features include ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite, PRIVACYPROTECT™, MOBILE LOCKBOX™, and the $1,000,000 Identity Theft Insurance. Full Review
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