Need More Information To Help You Decide? 01/20/2009 Heartland Payment Systems Attempts To Hide Largest Data Breach In History Behind Inauguration 01/20/2009 Malware Infestation Responsible For Credit Card Data Breach 01/20/2009 Heartland data breach could be bigger than TJX's 01/20/2009 Card Data Breached, "250,000 Businesses Nationwide - 100 Million Card Transactions Per Month" 01/02/2009 San Francisco Business Times - Entrust Gives Companies Weapon To Fight ID Theft 11/24/2008 Seattle Post - Missing laptop puts Starbucks workers' data at risk 11/17/2008 Bitter Medicine 07/29/2008 A Chronology of Data Breaches 06/25/2008 Mistaken Identity - Placed On National Sex Crimes Alert 06/22/2008 When identity theft hits home 05/22/2008 ID-protection ads come back to bite pitchman 05/06/2008 Internet criminals gaining ground, experts say 05/06/2008 Web firm sounds alert on criminal data trove 04/30/2008 Elderly Residents' IDs Stolen 04/30/2008 Nursing Home Residents' ID's Stolen 04/17/2008 Nation's Largest Chicken Producer Raided for Immigration 04/13/2008 Man Charged in ID Theft at NY Hospital 04/11/2008 ID Theft Monitor Draws RSA Conferees 04/07/2008 Report Finds IRS Computer Security Flaws 04/01/2008 Costly Credit-Monitoring Services Offer Limited Fraud Protection 03/18/2008 Hannaford Bros Supermarkets & Sweetbay Stores Hit By Big Data Breach 03/08/2008 NBC Reports Consumer Privacy Is Being Violated By Bankrupt Mortgage Companies 03/04/2008 Potential Deadly Medical ID Theft 09/30/2007 ID Thief Almost Ties Innocent Woman To Crimes 09/29/2007 FBI: Identity Theft Still Relies On Paper, Phones 09/28/2007 Credit Freeze Doesn't Guarantee ID Theft Protection 05/01/2007 Entrepreneurs are especially vulnerable - INC. Magazine 09/29/2006 Vishing' is the New 'Phishing' 09/25/2006 93,754,333 Examples of Data Nonchalance 09/03/2006 Identity theft services emerge as a new employee benefit 07/22/2006 The Cost of a Data Breach 07/15/2006 Inspiration Comes To Indianapolis 06/18/2006 Laptop with D.C. workers’ personal data stolen 06/15/2006 Better Score Tip Book 06/14/2006 Stolen computer server sparks ID theft fears 05/30/2006 Technology and Easy Credit Give Identity Thieves an Edge - The News York Times 05/23/2006 ID theft victims face tough bank fights 05/22/2006 Veterans’ personal data stolen from VA 05/22/2006 The VA has sent AMVETS a list of tips for American veterans. 05/06/2006 Entrust America and Mr. Inspiration Team Up To Kick Off Tour America - Press Release 04/12/2006 THERE IS NO REASON FOR AMERICANS NOT TO ADDRESS THEIR CREDIT SCORE 04/02/2006 MEDICAL IDENTITY THEFT: The Information Crime that Can Kill You 02/24/2006 McAfee staff face ID theft as auditor loses data - Deloitte and Touche drop the ball... 02/01/2006 ID theft again tops list of FTC complaints 01/19/2006 Identity Theft: Limiting Your Employees' Risk -- And Your Liability 01/09/2006 MSNBC Overdue Library Books 10/27/2005 Entrust America Brings Fairness To An Unfair Credit Scoring System 10/18/2005 Worried About Your Credit Score? 10/07/2005 MSNBC Next Storm 09/25/2005 Are You Credit Worthy? 08/01/2005 ID Theft Can Haunt Victims for Years to Come 07/07/2005 Workers Feel Railroaded After ID Theft 06/23/2005 ID theft concerns grow, tools lacking 03/30/2005 Identity Theft: The Next Corporate Liability Wave? 02/18/2004 ID theft victims face tough bank fights 03/23/2003 ID theft costs banks $1 billion a year 02/10/2003
ID theft victims get little help
Identity
Theft affects everyone - even our children. The FTC says it’s the Number 1
concern of American consumers and our fastest growing crime. The Department
of Justice warns that thieves strike without needing to break into a home. Law
Enforcement is not sure how to respond. There’s a new victim in America every 79 seconds. Gartner Inc. says there were 15 million victims last year. That’s a 50% increase since 2003. Everyone in America is at Risk Frank W.
Abagnale, Jr., a leading security expert and former identity thief (the feature
film Catch Me If You Can was based on his fraud career) said: “If
you haven't been a victim of identity theft, it is because thieves haven't
gotten to you yet. Your turn will come.” It is a
virtual certainty that someone you know will be a victim of ID Theft this
year. Yet most Americans are defenseless. All consumers protect their home,
life and car against events that are long shots – yet less than 1 out of
10 Americans has protection against Identity Theft. Cleaning
up the mess left behind by an identity thief can be costly and may take years
to fix. An
identity thief can wreck your credit score and good name. The resulting bad
credit means you pay more for: Ø
Housing and
Mortgages Ø Home, Auto and Life Insurance Ø Car Loans Ø Cell Phones Ø
Essential
services Consumers
may have trouble finding a new job or securing an apartment because employers
and landlords now check applicant’s credit. The IRS
says there are over 8 million Social Security Numbers being used by more
than one person. No consumer can be certain their SSN is not used illegally
by someone else. Identity
theft even puts consumer’s health at risk. Medical Insurance theft is the
fastest growing form of identity theft. The FTC reported over 200,000 such
incidents last year.
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The time
is right for Entrust America to launch thousands of Identity Protection
Agencies across the nation. Peer to Peer marketing technologies are the
most effective delivery method for a service that’s needed by all consumers. 
