Fraud Alerts Compared To Idalert
Posted on March 8, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Data Breach and Identity Theft are spreading like viruses across our great land financially affecting individuals and organizations. So called Identity Theft Prevention companies have sprung up out of nowhere. Since this is an unregulated industry, companies can say what they choose and it is up to you to decide fact or fiction. Many of them have at the heart of their sales pitch only one concept, ‘place a Fraud Alert’ on your credit file. Since a fraud is a fraud alert, they must set themselves apart from each other in some marketing pitch. One such firm tries to convince you to spend your money with them by saying if you become a victim while you are with our program don’t worry we have a $1 million guarantee backing you up. Another one says that with our program when a creditor sees the fraud alert on your credit file instead of calling your one phone number of your file when you might not be there, the creditor calls us then we find you via you home, work or cell phone.
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