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RE: identity theft - 3/5/2008 12:42:46 PM

SubbieOnWheels

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No matter what name you use your SS# never changes.

It seems to me that I have heard that if you are the victim of identity theft you can get your SS# changed. It may take a while and a lot of evidence (which you seem to have in abundance), but it can be done.

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RE: identity theft - 3/5/2008 3:06:18 PM

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There is a company out there called Lifelock

That's the one I was referring to. There is legal action pending. Another interesting tidbit about the founder committing identity theft himself in the past, and also being the victim of identity theft because of publicizing his own SS number.

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ORIGINAL: SubbieOnWheels

It seems to me that I have heard that if you are the victim of identity theft you can get your SS# changed. It may take a while and a lot of evidence (which you seem to have in abundance), but it can be done.

Getting a new social security number. After you follow all the steps on that page, and you are still having problems, you can ask for a new number. It tells how to do that in that link.

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RE: identity theft - 3/5/2008 11:35:49 PM

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I really appreciate everyone's advice and kind words. Most of it is the same as the banks's fraud division and identity theft division gave me. I also went over our credit report with ITAC (Identity theft assistance center). There were no red flags on the credit report. An officer from our local sheriff's dept. came to the house and took a report today which will be sent to their fraud division and he said the FBI will also be involved.

I am very sorry for the trouble some of you have had and hope everything gets resolved.

Termyn thanks for your helpful response.

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So how did they ultimately get the money ? Clone your ATM card ? They must have unless they had your checkbook. And if they did clone your card, how indeed, did they get the PIN

They used two different debit cards which they had to have manufactured. Ours are locked in a safe and have never been used. The address that my account had been changed to is a Canandian Identification company so they had the capability to make cards. I have no idea how they got my pin but they may have set up a new pin. It's possible i was a victim of one of those scanners that criminals attach to ATM machines.

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Proud, what you have to do is find the very FIRST unauthorized transaction. This is a must to catch the thief. Determine on what exact date the first one happened. Then you need to go through all of the legitimate transactions prior to that date.

Did that today, was on the phone with the banks' claim dept. for almost 2 hours.

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Thing about this is, even if you get every dime back, you are probably going to wind up giving copies of your financial records to law enforcement. Not under duress, but you want the guy caught right

Did that today, gave him a spread sheet i had prepared to separate our transactions from the fraudulant ones.

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RE: identity theft - 3/6/2008 3:32:50 PM

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I am happy to report all of our money has been replaced by the bank, much quicker than we expected. We've decided to stay with that bank since they were so responsive and cooperative.

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RE: identity theft - 3/6/2008 3:33:19 PM

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Oh that is good news proudsub!

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RE: identity theft - 3/7/2008 9:25:28 AM

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Now just sit back and hope they catch the prick. Might not be easy, some criminals have brains. It's possible he's gone now. The main thing is that you got the money back.

The not so main thing, but still valid is that somewhere somehow along the line we are all going to pay this money. If they get paid back by the FDIC or FSLIC that is tax money. If not, they will make up the money somehow, in charges, points or a bit more interest. Either way the first thing to realize about any business is that the customer pays for everything. No exceptions.

I must be off to work soon, but I would like to read about that Lifelock guy. If he really was an identity thief, and then was a victim of identity theft, he might be the best guy for the job. It's like putting an ex-safecracker on a design team working on new safes. If truly rehabilitated they are the best person for the job. It's like whoever designed the pickproof ignition lock cylinders on cars, I bet they were one of the best lock pickers around. I know the design of these locks and there is no feel, therefore no way to pick except for a special machine that is expensive. Interesting to note, most ignition locks will not unlock even with the key if the car is upside down. That was a good engineering compromise because I rarely see cars driving around up side down. The wheels are on the bottom y'know.

Security is a big issue today and there is alot of money to be made. ID theft is just another aspect of it. The irony of it is this, as much as I guard my checking account, all this, I do send people out with my CC to get things. That may sound stupid, but I know who I can trust. And I will know them in a month, after the statement arrives. You can't trust everybody, but some people you can.

Another little ploy I have is for the lost wallet situation. I have like five CCs in my wallet, all but two are expired. I have the new ones still in the envelope at home, unactivated. If I don't use them because the interest is too high I don't bother to activate the new ones. They always want to send me these platinum/gold whatever super cards and I just don't want them. If someone gets ahold of it I don't want them to know they could buy a new car on it.

When it comes to the bank, security is not free. If I want to transfer or anything I have to physically go to the bank. I like it that way.

We all live and learn. Glad you got the money back.

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