Submitted by Lauri Fox I live in Las Vegas NV, and I’m a victim of identity thief. My doctors employee had stole my personal information from my medical file, including my debit card and drivers license they made copy’s of and drained my bank account, and ran up cell phones in my name, also was […]
One Beloit, Wisconsin woman thought she was taking the necessary steps to protect herself against identity theft but was surprised to find out that it wasn’t enough. According to AARP, identity theft in 2008 increased 12 percent for Wisconsin residents. Judy Joslin-Crary said she shredded documents, refused preapproved credit applications and refused to talk to […]
I’m sure you are tired of hearing that hard economic times cause crime and scam rates to go up. This seems to make sense and identity theft is no exception to the rule. I don’t know what causes people to take advantage of people during hard times, but it’s even worse when people take advantage […]
Eighty-six-year-old Arlene Hald says she never called a phone sex line. And certainly didn’t make $1,000 worth of sex calls. The Washington state widow recently received a credit card bill addressed to her husband, Sylvester. He died nearly 20 years ago. Her family suspects it’s a case of identity theft. The billing company, Preferred Platinum […]
Submitted by Matt C. on Tues, 7/29/2008 – 10:47am. Original article written March 2008. Wichita Police have arrested a man and a woman after the man walked into a patrol substation and reported that he was an undercover agent who had assumed the identity of someone else. Sergeant Bruce Watts says the man explained where […]
Submitted by Mari J Frank on Thurs, 7/24/2008 – 12:44am. Dear Fellow Identity Theft Victims, You have experienced a tremendous violation! I know how it feels because I lived the “Identity Theft Nightmare” which lasted almost a year, and took 500 hours of my time. I wrote 90 letters (return receipt requested) to the various […]
Louisville,Ky. (WHAS11) – It’s proof that identify theft can strike at the places where you should feel most safe. Erika Bradford’s facing charges of ID theft after allegedly stealing patient’s social security numbers at the doctor’s office where she worked. Bradford then opened credit cards in the victim’s names. We’ve all filled them out – […]
Submitted by Matt C. on Tues, 7/22/2008 – 10:47am. I used to work for Boeing in Wichita. Boeing sold the Wichita division and all of the workers, including me, to another company. We still did the same work, but Boeing was just one customer of several. Nearly a year after the sale, someone at Boeing […]
From MSNBC January, 2007 SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The real John T. Healy wants everyone to know he’s no cop killer. “I’m just a regular guy,” said Healy, 47, of Yardley, Pa., who has endured a nightmare over the past two weeks after learning that the man who apparently stole his identity two years ago was […]
In June of 2004, Charles W, a resident of Lafayette Colorado, was stopped at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reentering the United States after vacationing in Mexico. Charlie was detained and photographed by U.S. Immigration. During the time he spent with U.S. Immigration agents, Charlie learned that he was wanted by law enforcement for crimes […]