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    Default identity thief???

    okay, so I use AOL as my internet provider, not too proud of that, but yeah, that's what I use. I went to go edit my profile, as i haven't done that in a few months and I wanted to make sure that it said that I was taken, since I haven't updated it since I've benn with my current boyfriend.

    Well, when I went to edit it, it said that my name is Kristen and that i love to party and all this crap that I didn't put in there!!! could this be some identity theft and some one has my e-mail account and possibly my bank account, or was this some weird thing that happened?? No one has my password, I don't know who could have done this!!

    I wondered why all these guys were IMing me asking me if I wanted to have sex with them,. but I just thought that maybe they just hit the button that gave them any woman in Portland.

    Has this happened to you??? should I be worried???

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    Default Re: identity thief???

    I would contact AOL and let them know what happened. They can probably track down where the info came from (IP addy).

    For extra precaution, you may want to change bank accounts and change your password, as well. AOL was notorious for being an open portal for people sending trojan viruses which would give them your password, etc.

    Take care of it immediately...and yes, you should be concerned.

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    Yes. Be concerned.

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    Default Re: identity thief???

    While you should be concerned, don't panic about it. It sounds like you were possibly just "phished". Do you have a really easy password? I knew quite a few "hackers" (and I use that term loosely, because most of them don't know what the fuck they're doing and couldn't be considered hackers on their best day.) on AOL, and one of the biggest pieces of advice they gave me was to keep your password at something that no one can guess. Don't use simple words (like "Orange", etc..) A lot of the hacking that goes on around AOL is just guesswork.

    I would just call AOL and let them know, in case the person who got access to your account went into any chatrooms and stirred up some shit which resulted in a TOS violation. That is pretty much what AOL hackers do anyway, they change your profile around, sometimes they'll change your password, and/or they'll cause trouble in chatrooms under your name. While it's possible they could access your billing information, it rarely happens. Most of them just have their fun with your account and move onto the next one. They lose interest pretty quickly.

    Just to be on the safe side.. Call AOL and let them know that someone had access to your account. Last I knew (This is going back a year or two), AOL also had you choose a security password in addition to your regular AOL password. And I believe that someone would need that security password in order to access billing information.

    If you feel better changing your billing information, and going through the hassle of getting new bank account numbers and credit card numbers, do it.

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