The personal impact of identity theft can be devastating.

The personal impact of identity theft can be devastating. Criminals can do a lot of damage very quickly once they have assumed your identity. Here are some common examples of what they do:

• Buy Real Estate Under Your Name
• Purchase Merchandise with Your Information
• Steal Money from Your Accounts
• Open New Credit Cards Using Your Name
• Obtain Phone and Wireless Services
• Commit Crimes
• Seek and Receive Medical Care
• Rent an Apartment

If you become a victim of identity theft, you may lose job opportunities: be refused loans for education, homes or cars: pay higher insurance and credit premiums due to bad credit ratings: be denied medical care, and even get arrested for crimes that you didn’t commit.

Also, unless the damage reaches a threshold deemed appropriate by the state in which you live, it’s likely that your case will never be investigated by law enforcement personnel.

In addition to the crime against them, the victims have the frustrating, expensive and time consuming process of restoring their credit. As an individual without the proper insurance and support, you will spend about $20,000 and over 350 hours of filling out paperwork, making telephone calls, writing letters, and researching options.

This is why it is so important to understand that identity theft is real, it is not going away, and you need to prepare yourself for this reality. Becoming a member of iSekurity will give you that protection and peace of mind.