Did you know that according to the Federal Trade Commissions Identity Theft Survey Report, approximately 10 million American consumers discovered that their personal information had been used to open fraudulent bank, credit card, or utility accounts, or used to commit other crimes?

Have you seen that commercial where that guy is talking about Lifelock identity theft protection, while a truck following him has his real social security number plastered on the side of it? Don’t believe it? Here’s another one for you then – Lifelock.com features the company’s CEO and his real social security right on the site’s home page!

Why not publicize your social security number to the entire world? After all, when you’re a member of Lifelock’s identity and fraud protection program (for only 10 bucks per month), they give you their $1,000,000 Guarantee (for those of you confused by all those zeros, that’s 1 million). This means they’re so confident with their system that if your identity is misused, they’ll spend up to $1,000,000 to recover your good name make it right.

Some Lifelock’s featured program benefits include:

  • Setting up fraud alerts through the credit bureaus on your behalf.
  • Getting your name removed from pre-approved credit card and junk mail lists.
  • Ordering free credit reports on your behalf and having them sent directly to you.
  • Providing lost or stolen wallet protection with WalletLock. A specialist will help you cancel and/or replace things in your wallet like: credit, bank and debit cards, travelers checks, driver’s license, social security card, insurance cards, checkbooks and more.

Don’t wait until you’re an identity theft or fraud victim, check out Lifelock and see what it means to know they’ve got your back.