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Identity Thieves have picked a very easy target, it being the “baby boomer.”

The first of almost 80 million baby boomers filed for Social Security benefits in October 2007. This individual may also have been one of the first baby boomers to fall prey to identity theft. More and more Boomers are being targeted by identity thieves because of their additional sources of income as well as their tendencies to avoid the internet, to rely on paper checks and paper mail, and to easily fall victim to pre-texting scams. Because of this, it is more important than ever for baby boomers, who are prime targets for identity thieves, to turn to identity theft services, such as LifeLock, to keep their identity and finances secure.

Perhaps one of the top reasons baby boomers are being targeted by identity thieves is because older boomers (ages 51-60) have not completely moved into the electronic age and still use pen and paper to pay bills and send correspondences. This type of practice leaves baby boomers, and their mailboxes, prime targets for identity thieves. LifeLock’s identity theft protection services seek to prevent boomers from becoming prime targets by removing members’ names from pre-approved credit card mailing lists as well as junk mail lists.

This article is definitly a push for LifeLock, but there are other services out there as well.

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The Dever Post reports that “The Division of Motor Vehicles put 3.4 million Coloradans at risk of identity theft due to flaws in the way driver’s-license information is handled.”

The DMV regularly sends large batches of personal information over the Internet without encryption and has failed to properly limit access to its database, according to a recent audit. At one point, 33 former DMV employees could access names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers - some workers more than a year after their departure, auditors found…

Colorado ranks eighth in the nation in identity-theft complaints per person and first in the nation when it comes to general fraud reports. On average, those frauds cost victims $4,041 each for a total of $41.3 million in 2007, according to in formation from the attorney general’s office.

You can read the full story here.

What does this mean for you?

Identify theft can happen anytime, anywhere, even if you don’t make a mistake. It is important to keep a constant check on your credit.

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