Residential Security Systems and Identity Theft

Residential security is the same as saying home security, to most people. I would expect someone selling residential security systems to be an expert in that field and not an expert in office security. I’m curious what people think about when they see “Home Security” because it makes me think of a single family house. Residential security makes me think of apartments for some reason.

No matter what you call it, home or residential security, we all want it and are willing to pay for it. Everyone wants to feel safe in their home or residence. So what’s different about residential versus home security. Not a thing as far as I can tell. I suspect it’s an advertising thing and one phrase appeals to some customers and the other to different customers.

As long as residential security and home security are the same thing you might as well search on “home security” as you’ll get more information back. Furthermore, you can read about home security at that link. So searching on home security systems will give you many more results than searching on residential security systems yet they both mean the same thing. So much so that some of the same sites will come up in your search.

Identity theft protection is something we should all have because we all get emails that want to steal our secret codes and passwords. You know the ones that have subject lines like: “Your Account Is About To Be Closed,” “There’s A Block On Your Account,” “Could You Help Me Claim My Funds,” or my all-time favorite “Congratulations – You’ve Won The UK Lottery.” All of these and many others are phishing for identity theft information to get at your money and bank accounts.

First and most important, DON’T FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE EMAIL! If you think there might be a problem, access your account in question as you usually do on your PC and not with the link supplied in the phony email. Some email clients will show the url when you hover over the link so check it and be sure of where the link is going to send you.

I’ve had some very authentic looking email supposedly from banks, that even went so far as to copy the colors of the bank logo and stationery style. But, don’t fall for the scam. In fact, don’t even open the email, because many are just set to loose a virus program on your computer by being opened. Simply forward the suspicious email to the “spoof email” address supplied by your bank, or credit card company.

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