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ID Thieves Target Kids

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Your child could become a crime victim, and you might not even know it until years from now! Thousands of children are being targeted each year by a new, growing form of “high-tech” child identity theft. 3 On Your Side Consumer Reporter Jim Donovan explains.

The first time Axton Betz applied for an apartment, she learned that she was thousands of dollars in debt. She says, “I was devastated.”

Axton was only a child when she says a thief stole her social security number and started running up bills. With her credit ruined as an adult, she’s now had to pay a deposit just to get the lights turned on. The lowest car loan rate she could get was 18%, and the lowest credit card interest rate she could get was 29%!

“It’s been life changing and life defining,” Axton says. Read the full story now...

Identity Theft Shield - Safeguard for Minors Program

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This program provides the following services:

• Monitoring for the existence of a credit file in your child’s name
• Notification when a credit file is found to exist
• No file found notifications when no file is found.
• If fraud has occurred you will be assigned a licensed investigator