• Every 79 seconds a thief steals someone's identity, opens accounts in the victims name and goes on a buying spree
• Identity theft is America's fastest growing crime
• According to an FTC survey 9.9 million victims were reported last year
• Almost 50% of victims don't know their information is stolen--until they are turned down for a loan or contacted by a collection agency
• Identity theft affects 1 in 4 households
• The average victim spends 650 hours restoring their identity
• Victims typically spend over $2,000 trying to restore their identity

The Purpose of this Website

IDTheft-Prevent-and-Restore.com was created to provide you with all the information you need to protect yourself from identity theft.  If you are one of the 10 million victims, I’ll give you tips to get your identity restored and your life back on track. .

Our Story

Back in 2000, my grandma had her identity stolen.  She lost over $2,100 and we spent hours and hours getting her life back together.  To make a long story short, I was pretty upset about the whole thing, and it made me anxious about my own identity and credit.  For the past several years I took the time to learn all I could about this crime and prevent it from happening to me.  Before you know it the knowledge I learned I began sharing with my family and friends.  Next I was telling my acquaintances.  Now I figured I’d just create a website so I can tell even more people. Essentially I became an identity theft nerd.

What’s the Catch?

Although I will recommend a particular identity theft prevention and restoration service on this site, you don’t have to worry about me selling you like all the other sites out there.  I have loaded this site with a ton of information you can use.  It started small, and I really enjoyed putting it together so I kept adding more and more info.  I hope you enjoy my content, and learn what you need to do to protect yourself.

Don’t forget to contact us

Since I put this site together, I have (to my surprise) received a ton of emails from people asking about identity theft issues.  If you have a question or concern, please let me know.  There are plenty of “contact us” forms for you throughout this site. 

Take a good look through my site so you don't end up like this guy. Restoring your identity is no fun, learn all you can to prevent it from happening to you.

       Thanks for visiting!             

      Brad Kopec    

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