By Nora Dunn Anybody who has had their identity stolen is usually willing to pay good money to ensure it never happens again. Weeks upon weeks upon months of tiresome paperwork, changing bank accounts, switching automatic payments, and in some cases pleading a case for wrongly damaged credit is among the giant task list of nightmarish to-dos when you’re picking up the pieces after the fact.
 
So what is it worth to you to try and avoid this problem altogether? Obviously, exercising due caution is easy enough to do and prudent to say the least. Don’t use a credit card or do banking over an unsecured wireless network. Be careful with your bank card and entering in PIN numbers in public places. Avoid using the same password for everything that also happens to be the name of your pet.
 
In this day and age, most of these techniques are relatively commonplace. But what else can you do?
 
Credit Reporting and Monitoring Services
Most credit agencies like Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion have a credit reporting service you can subscribe to. For between $10 and $15 per month for example, the Equifax Credit Watch program will alert you to any changes in your …

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