Recommendations for identity theft protection

**bonnotsm9** · 11-21-2010, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by khaski

I do not know much about, but you could look into 'Life Lock', who, from my understanding, not only monitors, but helps clean up, id theft. For those who do not have a 'red flag' towards it as you do, you can get a free credit report from each of the 3 credit bureaus 1x a year...so you can check your credit, for free, every 4 months, using a different company. (I wish you could get your scores for free, too, but alas, not yet!).

I am so sorry you have to worry about this, what a stress no one needs. My mother, who has some MAJOR issues, and wouldn't steal our IDs but would happily 'check' on our personal financial things, tried to get my 3 kids' socials from me a few years ago claiming she needed them to leave stuff to the kids in her will. I knew it to be untrue, no social #s needed to will things to people, and refused to give them out....I have no doubt she still has mine on file, though! I have even looked into getting mine changed because of her issues with 'boundaries' but it seems to be a REALLY big hassle to do, but you might consider it to protect yourself.

Thanks. I checked my credit report recently and all was well. Just trying to prevent a problem.

My mom asked for the kids' SS#s once and we wouldn't give them to her. It was to open a savings account for them, but knowing my mom, they'd never actually get the money.

**Nishu** · 11-21-2010, 06:16 PM

If you don't want to spend the money on a id theft prevention, I'd put a fraud alert on it and just check it periodically. I doubt it will be necessary to have a real id theft prevention.

If you're concerned about your kids' id's, you can contact the 3 credit reporting agencies and get their credit reports as well. I think you have to fill out a form or something.