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Let me tell you a story about identity theft.
Once upon a time, back in 2006, Alex and I were on the path of creating a perfect life for our little family. We were living together in a duplex we were renting with hopes of home ownership after our wedding.
Near the end of 2006, a friend of mine relocated to Green Bay for a new job but he didn’t have anywhere to stay. We were kind enough to take him in and help him out while he was working and saving up his first few paychecks to find a place to live.
Fast forward to Spring 2007 when we ended up kicking this so-called friend out of our home for abusing our friendship.
A few months later, I received our quarterly bank statement for our savings account where we were saving for our dream wedding. Imagine the shock when I realized that the money that we had been saving the last few months was almost gone.
GONE!
Our account balance….less than $100.
Little did I know that the missing money was the least of our problems.
Here we are, 7 years later and we are still paying for the mistakes of letting our friend stay with us.
We are living proof that identity theft is a real issue, we have experienced it.
I wish I could go back 7 years and take the proper steps to safeguard us from something like this happening.
Thankfully these days, we have the opportunity to use the LifeLock site
LifeLock® identity theft protection provides you with more protection than credit monitoring, and watches out for you in ways banks and credit card companies just can’t. It’s proactive and professional identity theft protection for today’s always-connected world.
Had we been enrolled in a program like LifeLock when Alex’s identity was stolen, we would have been protected and we wouldn’t still be trying to repair our credit and pay off debts that aren’t ours.
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