Identity Theft Can Bring Your Life to a screeching halt!

What would happen if you woke up tomorrow morning and learned that your identity had been stolen, your bank accounts had a zero balance, your credit rating  is at zero, and someone else has received the refund on your IRS tax filing for 2012 ?. . Also, now consider that your two children’s social security numbers are in use by someone else and have been for years. How much would this upset you?….

Especially if you had known that you had a way to get notification on this and take actions to prevent much of this plus more damage to your future lifestyles? This post is written for the purpose of informing  you of the potential awesome consequences of identity theft as well as what you can do to avoid or repair most of the consequences. Authorities say that there is no way to stop the acts of identity theft…you can monitor for occurrences and take actions once it occurs.

Thus the huge question is how long before you know and what can you do to repair the damage. Hopefully none of this ever happens to you…however these events are occurring every day to 25,000 to 30,000 citizens in the U.S.!  Does this information provoke you to stop and think about the question…”Am I a responsible citizen about my identity…and that of my loved ones”?

I am very pleased to learn of the CIMIP…an organization described below that is doing outstanding research and recommendations about Identity Management issues in the U.S.

Center for Identity Management and Information Protection