The quote is part of the U.S.P.S Creed, but it could be the creed for identity theft criminals as well. Your junk mail may be just the pot of gold a thief is seeking. In a rural area a thief can quickly scan the items in your mailbox and be gone in seconds. In the city, a trash can near a group of mailboxes or even in a post office is a great find for a thief.
Pre-approved credit card offers are a prime target because they often include most of the private information needed to fraudulently open a new account. One of the best things about LoudSiren (Debix) and LifeLock is that their identity protection services help to greatly reduce the flow of credit card offers to your mailbox in a matter of weeks. This feature alone may be worth the price of their services. (you can also do this yourself for free, but you have to remember to do it often. We’ll explain the process in an upcoming post).
There are a lot of other things that flow through your mailbox every week that could be used to gather little bits of your personal data, add a few of these together, combine them with a few savvy internet searches, and a criminal has all they need.
So nixing the credit card offers is a key step, but only part of the solution. That is why the LifeLock and Debix LoudSiren identity theft protection plans are so popular. These services conveniently handle all the details for you, and keep doing it, month after month.