Identify Thief – The Movie & Potentially Your Online Reality

Identity Thief is a new comedy film is about a man who gets his identity stolen by a woman. In her first starring role in a feature comedy, Melissa McCarthy plays Diana, a resourceful, big-haired Florida woman who leads the good life while running up a huge tab under a fake identity. And she hits a jackpot with the assets of one Sandy Bigelow Patterson, a sober-minded Colorado family man.

The story is about as subtle as a Florida theme park. Finding his life in shambles and tracing the destruction to her door, Sandy heads south to drag Diana to justice.

My question is, unless it’s happening in a movie – and not in real life, what’s so funny about identity theft? Besides damaging your bank account, theft of one’s identity can also damage one’s reputation. Unfortunately, identity theft happens on a daily basis to unassuming victims all over the world.

Trust Guard, the leader in website security and verification, help secure websites so that the identity of online consumers remains protected and private. They provide Privacy Policy Verification seals that online shoppers can use to verify that the company will maintain all their information safe. They also provide Business Identity Verification seals that consumers can click on to see a certificate of the background check Trust Guard has performed on the company in question. 

Their Security Scans can detect vulnerabilities that hackers could use to access sites – giving business owners the awareness to resolve security issues before hackers have a chance to steal their customers’ personal identity and credit card information.

Although I haven’t seen the movie yet, it made a killing its first week out (more than $30 million) and I’m sure with Melissa McCarthy involved it’s got to be hilarious.  Real identity thieves, however, are not to be trifled with. That is why smart consumers do their shopping on sites that display Trust Guard’s privacy and business verification and security scanning seals.