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ID Theft
someone is "using" my credit card internationally and also making international phone calls with it. It's linked with my bank account so the bank has my CC and savings/checking locked right now. I'm frusterated this happened - I Can't get to my money at all right now.
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This happened to my friend, Eric Drew. He was a cancer patient with little chance to live. One of the nurses figured he would die and stole his info. Well, he researched as much as he could, given his condition and found out who that asshole was and he regained his health. He is now doing the news TV circuit speaking out about ID theft.
I don't have his email readily avai, but do a google search on Eric Drew and you can find a way to get in touch with his people and they can possibly help you.
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^ Wow, how horrible. One of my sister's friends died a few years ago, but before that she knew someone was using her ID info from a wallet theft. I'm wondering if this woman committing ID fraud will be informed she's "been dead" for a couple years...that would be funny.
Creepily enough, someone has been using my name too- there was an alternate listing for me on Peoplesearch...should I be worried?
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^^^Yes^^^ On my credit report one of my "past addresses" was in the Ghetto of Wilmington, DE. I reported a fraud watch....
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I guess it is getting worth it to have two bank accounts.
One we use publically.
One we use only with the other bank.
Kind of like private and public email addresses.
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So how exactly can someone steal your identidy? I once had a distant uncle try to buy my social security number for a neice of his to be able to work. Of course I said no, but is that pretty much how it happens? With soc. #?
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Dumpster diving for discarded mail, theft of job applications, theft of credit card information, stealing a wallet with ID and pay stubs...It's disturbing how easy it is. The scary commercials for anti- ID theft services aren't exaggerating.
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Get a bank application for a savings account.
That is the information you need to steal someone's identity.
How fast and easy is it for your department store to send out a credit card? If you have the information to fill in the blanks - not even needing a picture ID - you can become that person as far as the company is concerned.
There really needs to be something done about privacy laws (ala europe) and somekind of cross check to the actual individual.
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And oh yea - I shred EVERYTHING that comes into my mail box and out into my garbage. Even the junk mail - like MM says - it really doesn't take much effort to steal someone's identity. I mean we aren't talking about the college educated doing this as a lifestyle ya know.
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Here is something that might be worth listening to: