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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

Is identity theft protection worth the cost?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Can identity theft protection services really protect us from identity theft? No, but they can serve as an (expensive) early warning signal. Most people should first consider some free ways to reduce the chances of becoming a victim, such as credit freezes and monitoring a credit score. As always, send us your money questions! Email [email protected] or call or text the NerdHotline at 901-730-6373. And visit www.nerdwallet.com/podcast for more info on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where we answer your personal finance questions

0:39.0

and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money. I'm your host, Sean Piles.

0:44.4

And I'm your other host, Liz Weston. As always, be sure to send us your money questions. Call or

0:49.3

text us on the Nerd Hotline at 901-7306373. That's 901 730 Nerd. Or email us at podcast at nerdwollet.com.

1:00.3

And while you're at it, please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you are getting this podcast.

1:05.4

This episode, we're talking about whether you're really an identity theft target and what you can do about it if you are.

1:11.3

First, though, Sean and I are going to dive into our This Week in Your Money segment,

1:15.6

which is all about summer travel plans this time around.

1:18.2

Or maybe the lack of summer travel plans this year.

1:22.3

I wanted to talk about this, though, because now that we're on the other side of Memorial Day,

1:27.3

this is typically when we'd start to other side of Memorial Day, this is typically

1:27.9

when we'd start to set our itineraries, pack our bags, and pull out our travel credit cards

1:32.8

to make the most of our miles and points as we jet off to our vacations. And that's just not

1:38.2

as feasible as it used to be. And with that, our spending habits and credit cards of choice

1:42.7

have changed, or they have for me at least.

1:45.4

So that brings me to my first question for you, Liz. I'm wondering how this whole global

1:50.3

pandemic thing has affected your plans for the summer. Well, pretty much torpedoed them completely.

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