IDIQ, the company behind the credit report and identity theft monitoring IdentityIQ brand, has offered three months of its industry-leading services to those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic at no cost, then 50 percent off each following month, the company announced in a release.
IDIQ CEO Scott Hermann said the free and discounted offer for credit report and identity theft monitoring is a way for the company to help those who have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The offer features the Secure Plan with daily one-bureau credit report monitoring, Social Security number alerts, lost wallet assistance and up to $1 million in stolen funds reimbursement and coverage for personal expense compensation underwritten by AIG, he said.
“As we go through these uncertain times, concerns over becoming a victim of identity theft should not be something you are worrying about right now,” Hermann said in the release. “We want to be there to provide essential credit and identity theft protection, so it’s one less thing you have to think about.”
Hermann said credit and identity protection is important now more than ever because of the rapid increase in scams, especially coronavirus-related fraud that prey on people’s fears.
Once thieves have stolen personal information, they can attempt to take out loans; open new credit cards; clone debit cards; change a billing address; obtain a new driver’s license and use that false identity to engage in a variety of illegal activity, Hermann noted.
IDIQ Senior Vice President of Marketing Michael Scheumack pointed out that by using IdentityIQ services, those impacted by the pandemic can have confidence that their private information is being monitored.
“Credit and identity theft monitoring is an important thing to manage,” he said. “Our goal is to allow anyone affected by COVID-19 to have peace of mind while IdentityIQ services is monitoring their credit and identity. We have so much going on in our country right now; we want to help ease the worry about data threats and identity thieves.”