Houston, TX (June 22, 2006) – According to the Federal Trade Commission, Texas ranks fourth in the U.S. for the second straight year in ID Theft complaints. During this time, the Houston area has ranked as the second worst in the state with more than 6,500 reported cases both years. Now a Houston credit union has decided to offer a preventative solution to the problem to alleviate members’ fears.
Houston-based StarTrust Federal Credit Union has teamed up with LifeLock to offer their members the nations first and only preventative ID theft service with a $1 million guarantee.
StarTrust is a cooperative, not-for-profit financial institution that has been serving members for 28 years. Anyone who lives, works, worships, attends school, or regularly conducts business in portions of Harris County is eligible to join the credit union.
"Providing our members with products and services that meet our very high standards has been the cornerstone in which we have built this organization," said Jack V. McAdoo, President & CEO. “With the ID theft epidemic hitting millions of people across the country, we needed to offer the best product available today that would stop any member from becoming the next statistic. Not only did LifeLock exceed our expectations for security and customer service, but it is the only proactive product on the market designed specifically to stop the crime.”
LifeLock, based in Chandler, Arizona, does the prevention work by maintaining active fraud alerts with the three major credit bureaus as well as ChexSystems. The LifeLock system makes personal information useless to everyone but the rightful owner. Every time someone attempts to open credit, change an address or make changes to bank accounts, LifeLock is there to ensure the right person is making the request.
Also unique to other products on the market, LifeLock removes a member’s name from solicitation lists and junk mail, eliminating a primary target of ID thieves – the pre-approved credit offer. Best of all, the LifeLock system is backed by a $1 million guarantee to completely fix any problems if a client was ever compromised.
“I am extremely proud to be partnering with StarTrust Federal Credit Union to protect the financial freedom of its members,” said LifeLock CEO Todd Davis. “StarTrust truly cares about the financial and personal needs of their members and this partnership proves what they are willing to consider in order to guarantee their personal information is protected.”
For more on StarTrust Federal Credit Union or LifeLock, go to www.startrustfcu.com or www.lifelock.com.
with the most advanced Identity Theft Protection system available!