\nMost people realize that it’s vital to have some sort of credit monitoring. We send so much information through the internet every day, some of it personal and sensitive, and we don’t want it falling into the wrong hands. But that is not enough! Once someone gets ahold of that info, your identity could be up for sale on the black market with you only finding out when it’s already too late. Black market, you say? Read on to see how real this is.<\/p>\n
The other day, I got an email alert from LifeLock\u00a0about a “Black Market Website Notification”. Apparently, my email address was found floating around on the black market. When I read “black market”, I slightly freaked out. But what did that really mean? How bad was it really? Now what should I do?<\/p>\n
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Fortunately, along with my alert came a suggested course of action. Just to be sure, I called LifeLock up on the phone. There was next to no wait and the representative kindly laid it all out for me. He said that it’s quite common for email addresses to be widely available and that it was not a huge threat. Still, I was advised that I change my password to prevent any dangerous attempts to get more of my personal information. Though this ended up being no biggie, I sure am glad LifeLock had my (credit’s) back.<\/p>\n