As you can tell by our web site address, we have operated as a non-profit organization since our inception date on the web as of April 29th, 2005. Due to budget constraints, we have been unable to register our organization as a non-profit.
Our budget has been dedicated to operating this web site for "Victims of Identity Theft" and to help prevent consumers and small business owners from becoming "Victims of Identity Theft".
Since 2003, we have helped several thousand "Victims of Identity Theft". From a stolen credit card to "Full Blown Identity Theft", we have been there to help victims go through the terrible financial ordeal of "Identity Theft". Since 2003, this "ID Theft Restoration Services" has been free to "Victims of Identity Theft". We will continue to offer this service for free.
Hundreds if not thousands of companies are in the market place, offering their restoration services and credit monitoring services from $90.00 to $140.00 a year. They promise to fix your problems and repair your credit bureau files. However, most solutions they offer can be easily be found on the many Federal Trade Commission (FTC) websites. Unfortunately, with so many offering this service, it is hard to tell who is helping and who is not. Many victims have reported the only thing they have received from their services, is a lower bank balance.
Here is what we have been doing for the past four months.
Our organization has been working with Consumer Union, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Veterans Administration, and countless state agencies (Attorney General's Office's in Florida, Louisiana, Washington State, & North Carolina, and others) regarding the VA Security Breach. We have been contacting and communicating with various Congressional Representitives in Washington D.C. for the past four (4) months dealing with the "VA Security Breach in Washington D.C. of 26.5 million veterans and 2.2 million active duty military members.
Our organization has been successful in helping 12 million veterans have the option "TO FREEZE OR NOT TO FREEZE" their credit bureau files in 18 states. As of January 2007, these numbers will be 15 million veterans in 24 states. Our Active Duty and Reserve Military members can use the "Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act" to have the same option to freeze their credit files based upon their "Home of Record".
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