I owe $23,000 on my credit cards, my condo's in foreclosure and I turn 4 on Friday.

Your child is a better target for identity theft than you.

There's one group of people who are perfect targets for identity thieves – your children. That's because children have a clean credit history and the crime can go undetected for up to 15 years, since parents rarely have reason to check their child's credit report.

More parents share their child’s stories. Listen Now

"Debix discovered someone had run up $325,000 in debt using our daughter's Social Security number." - Greg White. Click to hear the story in detail.

How common is child identity theft?

Statistics from the first study ever published on child identity theft might shock you:

  • One child in every classroom is already a victim.
  • The children averaged $12,799 in debt.
  • An astonishing 12% of the victims were age 5 and under.

Download the complete study

How does Debix protect my child?

Only Debix offers ChildScan® - the most effective method ever developed for determining if your child's personal information has been used by thieves. ChildScan searches thousands of credit related databases using only your child's Social Security number. This allows us to uncover even hard to find cases where a thief has stolen your child's Social Security number and attached it to someone else's name. Learn More

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