I was reading an interesting article about how just about anyone can get free identity theft protection if they are willing to put in the time and effort to do it on their own.
There were a number of nice tips in this article that I was not previously aware of, including:
You can place a “Fraud [...]

In yet another case of it-didn’t-happen-because-of-the-Internet Identity theft, an Oklahoma identity theft ring has been put out of business by law enforcement authorities.
This gang had an interesting and quite low-tech approach when it came to gathering information on their potential victims. They simply cruised through neighborhoods and wrote down addresses of homes where they thought [...]