Shop online without revealing your real personal and financial information. Prevent identity theft with Shop Shield®.
Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal identity information, such as you're name, Social Security number, or credit card number, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. Now you can prevent identity theft by using Shop Shield® when you shop online. It is estimated that as many as 9-10 million Americans are the victims of identity theft each year.
Awareness is the most effective weapon against many forms identity theft. Know that you're information is stolen mostly by insiders with access to company databases and that you can protect yourself with Shop Shield® . Monitor your personal information to uncover any problems quickly, and know what to do when you suspect your identity has been stolen.
Approximately every 7 seconds someone's identity is stolen. The threat to your name and good credit is very real and now that we have entered the information age it's a lot easier than it used to be to steal an identity! That's why it's so important to prevent identity theft. When you use Shop Shield® you will have the protection, security and piece of mind you need and deserve when shopping online. 
Shop Shield® is a new and better way to protect your personal identity information. It replaces your actual data with useless, anonymous information, when you make a purchase online or register at a web site.
Your credit card numbers, bank accounts, billing address, email address and login information are all safely hidden from people who want to steal them. Shop Shield® automatically creates substitute billing details and login identities that are meaningless to anyone who gains unauthorized access to the information. Your identity can never be stolen because you were never there!
During the last year alone, almost 10 million Americans were the victims of identity theft, a crime that cost them approximately $5 billion total. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the United States, and if you're not careful, it can happen to you. You probably won't find out until the damage has already been done. Identity theft statistics show it takes identity theft victims 12 months to realize that their identities have been stolen. Prevent identity theft with Shop Shield®
So what are the best ways to prevent identity theft? First, you must understand what personal information of yours should be kept private. While some personal information is inevitably going to be made public, there are some items which are highly sensitive that should never be made public like your social security number and your credit card number for example.
Protecting yourself against identity theft involves nothing more than protecting this personal information, particularly things like user names, passwords and pin numbers. Anyone with knowledge of this type of information can and will do a lot of damage. Part of the battle of preventing identity theft is recognizing how this personal information is stolen and from where. Most casual PC users are not aware of how dangerous the Internet can be. Without the proper knowledge and protection, you could be just a few keystrokes and clicks away from having your identity stolen. Here are some tips for preventing online identity theft.
- Use anti-spyware and anti-virus software.
- Be wary of online shopping sites. Only shop at sites that you trust and are secure.
- Don't get baited by phishers.
- Encrypt your wireless Internet connection.
- Erase your hard drive if you ever sell or give away your computer.
There is much you can do to protect yourself and eliminate the risk of your identity being stolen as a result of shopping online. When you use Shop Shield®, hackers and crooks with access to customer databases can't steal your name, your credit card number or even your email address, because this information is never in the databases of web sites where you shop. The companies you buy from can't sell your information because you never gave it to them. You're anonymous, so your information is secure. Guaranteed!
Shop Shield® automatically creates substitute billing details and login identities that are meaningless to anyone who gains unauthorized access to the information. Your identity can never be stolen because you were never there!
If you are targeted by an identity thief are you protected? If you don't take action to prevent identity theft it's pretty easy for him or her to steal your identity. There are a few ways like the old fashioned technique of digging through your trash to find personal information from bank statements, utility bills or even collection letters. These days it's much easier and more efficient for a thief to just go online and use the power of the Internet to steal your identity. How many times have you opened your email only to see a message from what you think is your bank or maybe paypal. You are asked to verify your username, password and other personal information by clicking on a link to what you think is the company's web site. It's called phishing and it happens to millions of people everyday across the United States. If you use Shop Shield® to prevent identity theft you won't be one of them! It's easy for someone to steal your identity online and once they have your bank accounts, user name and password it's all over. These are just a few of the ways a thief can steal your identity if you don't prevent identity theft. Then there's the inside job. You know the type, disgruntled employees or someone just trying to make a quick buck. They may have access to databases containing sensitive personal information and can very easily download and sell your information to criminals. If you take steps however, to prevent identity theft, it won't happen to you. Don't be another statistic, sign up with Shop Shield® today.
Take the necessary steps and prevent identity theft. Did you know that each time you register at a web site or make a purchase online, your personal information is revealed and stored in a database? Suddenly everything is at risk, your username, password, name, address, credit card, email and more.
The dangers of identity theft are everywhere, and they're growing daily. Here are just a few of them:
Identity thefts are often inside jobs. But your information can't be stolen if it isn't ever there in the first place. Now you can prevent identity theft when you use Shop Shield®
Only Shop Shield® provides 100% peace of mind gives you the ability to Prevent identity theft and fraud over the Internet. Here are just a few of the reasons why you can use Shop Shield® at any web site with confidence:
- No insider can steal or sell your information, because that information was never sent to any web site in the first place. With prevent identity theft you never leave a trace.
- Two-way identification authentication means you know you're on the real Shop Shield® web site, not an imposter.
- At Shop Shield®, there is no centralized database hackers can break into. Your information is distributed in pieces across separate repositories, and is therefore useless to hackers.
- Every transaction is checked against fraud.
- All emails are checked and scrubbed for viruses, phishing and spam before you get them.
- And much more!
