Someone stole my identity!

[MagillaGorillaz]

This bites!
Someone got a hold of my credit card number. I don't even know how cause I haven't used since 2007. My new years resolution was to give them up. I knew something was wrong when I got weird calls last week asking me if I wanted my pass to Direct Buy and my information that I requested to a online degree site. They gave me some weird e-mail and I thought it was someone playing a prank on me. Than this weekend I got some entertainment coupon book to my previous address. I didn't think much of it until my Dad told me a coffee maker came for me. All with that same bogus e-mail address. It just makes me angry. I alerted the credit card company and put a stop to the account.
It's just one of those curve balls you don't expect in life. It could be worse. But I am just aggravated that I have to go through with this now. Glad I got it off my chest. I just needed to vent.
:furious:

[Tenbatsuzen]

This bites!
Someone got a hold of my credit card number. I don't even know how cause I haven't used since 2007. My new years resolution was to give them up. I knew something was wrong when I got weird calls last week asking me if I wanted my pass to Direct Buy and my information that I requested to a online degree site. They gave me some weird e-mail and I thought it was someone playing a prank on me. Than this weekend I got some entertainment coupon book to my previous address. I didn't think much of it until my Dad told me a coffee maker came for me. All with that same bogus e-mail address. It just makes me angry. I alerted the credit card company and put a stop to the account.
It's just one of those curve balls you don't expect in life. It could be worse. But I am just aggravated that I have to go through with this now. Glad I got it off my chest. I just needed to vent.
:furious:

As a point of record, that's not someone stealing your identity, that's just CC theft. That is a lot more simple to fix than your SSN being out in the wild.

Just in case though, you should put on a credit freeze or at the very worst, get some credit monitoring.

[MagillaGorillaz]

I know it's just cc theft. I just thought the title was more catchy.

you should put on a credit freeze or at the very worst, get some credit monitoring.

That's a good idea. I know my credit isn't great to begin with. Thanks

[torker]

Has Earlshog been editing your messages?

[Marc with a c]

Has Earlshog been editing your messages?

ha

stop not posting.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

this shit hits close today

I am worried myself, got a letter from SI University Hospital that their computer with my file and SS # was stolen and that my SS # could be compromised

They are paying for once of those Identify Theft Protection Companies, I have to call them tomorrow


I have awful credit, so I assume they couldn't get more than a $1000 limit

but I am worried about people committing crimes and living a life under my name


that shit is scary

[badmonkey]

A former friend of mine named Joe who was a year younger than me used my spare ID to get into clubs when I was 18. He memorized my information incase they quizzed him at the door. A couple years later, I was home visiting my parents and my mom gets a call from the police at like 1am telling her to come get me from jail. She told them she was pretty sure I was in my room asleep but she'd check. She goes and looks in my room and I'm dead asleep and she verifies it for them. Two days later Joe shows up at my house with this whole "You'll never believe where I was this weekend!"

Joe, if you're reading this now, I don't care if you are a Ron and Fez fan.... fuck you.

Badmonkey

[Devo37]

the worst that's happened to me is someone either stole a credit card from my mailbox, or it was mailed to the wrong address, and whoever got it ran up $1000+ in bills.

i got everything straightened out, but i felt like i was being interrogated when i was explaining the situation to the customer service rep.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Joe, if you're reading this now, I don't care if you are a Ron and Fez fan.... fuck you.

Badmonkey

Did his last name start with an "F", by any chance?

[Jughead]

Lifelock.com...

[Jughead]

To make sure things are accurate is 1000 times easier than trying to amend your report......The amount Americans spend on raised interest rates because of false reporting(Tier Rating) is amazing.....Eli ,Mikey, or Sailor will tell you getting bad reporting is at least 45 days..And a bunch of soft rock while you are on hold... Then you have to fax PROOF!!!.You get no reply you just have to run your credit again to see if it is gone.....:furious:

[Fallon]

Last year someone got my debit card info and bought a cell phone in California across the street from a prison. I check my back account online daily, so I caught it fast. The bank had me sign an affidavit and I got my money back and a new card.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

My chick just got a letter the other day that someone was pimping out her CC in Africa. She's upset and all, but at least these are easy charges to identify. Close out the account, get a new one, be inconvenienced for a couple of weeks, then bam, shit's over hopefully.

I went to a Rite Aid in Ft.Lee last November and stupidly used my CC there. Magically the bill showed up claiming I bought $500 worth of shit at Duane Reade and other Rite Aids in NYC.

[MagillaGorillaz]

As a point of record, that's not someone stealing your identity, that's just CC theft. That is a lot more simple to fix than your SSN being out in the wild.

Just in case though, you should put on a credit freeze or at the very worst, get some credit monitoring.

My bank had me go fill out an incedent report today. The officer wrote it in as identity theft. I'm so glad I caught it quick. They took $200 bucks from my account. They gave me a form with info on putting a credit freeze and credit monitoring, so I will definiately be using it.

[Tenbatsuzen]

My bank had me go fill out an incedent report today. The officer wrote it in as identity theft. I'm so glad I caught it quick. They took $200 bucks from my account. They gave me a form with info on putting a credit freeze and credit monitoring, so I will definiately be using it.

ugh... Id theft is like the catch-all for this kind of thing, like "home invasions".

ID Theft is someone stealing your SSN and opening up lines of credit in your name, usually without you knowing it.

Credit Card theft is stealing an already active CC number and exploiting that, but you usually can't pull SSN and other vital ID information from an active credit card.

[RhinoinMN]

<----Has a brand new LCD TV.

[Earlshog]

Has the most handsome poster on the board, the charming, intellectual, and did I mention handsome Earlshog been editing your messages?


:smoke:

[SatCam]

My bank had me go fill out an incedent report today. The officer wrote it in as identity theft. I'm so glad I caught it quick. They took $200 bucks from my account. They gave me a form with info on putting a credit freeze and credit monitoring, so I will definiately be using it.

well on the bright side, maybe the credit bureaus will give you free credit monitoring now.......