Child Identity theft protection

Derica Williams has told you how important it is to protect your child’s identity because they are extremely vulnerable to theft. Crooks target kids because they have no credit history and a clean Social Security number. The sooner you find out something is going on, the better because the longer it goes on, the longer it can take years to clean up. Now there is a easy and cheap way to get protection.

AllClearID.com is now offering a new free service called ChildScan . The service combs through credit records, employment records, criminal records and medical accounts to find out if a crook has been using your kid's Social Security number.

Child identity theft is one of the worst forms of identity theft because it often goes unchecked and unnoticed for years. You might not even realize it happens until your kid applies for college loan and suddenly, the credit report comes back with all of this history and it could be a negative one.

According to the 2012 Child Identity Theft Report, kids are 35 times more likely to be subject to identity theft than an adult. And another recent study found that one in 10 kids has his or her identity stolen by the age of 18. So it’s extremely beneficial to check your child’s status often.