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Dear fellow identity theft victims

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 […]

From bad to worse – Laptop , then identity stolen

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 […]

Convicted cop killer stole Pennsylvania man’s identity

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 […]

As bad as it gets – the identity theft horror story of Charles W

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 […]

Id Theft Stories

I’m finally going to admit it – I HAD MY IDENTITY STOLEN! I have kept that secret for almost a year. At the time, I was too humiliated to tell anyone and felt partially responsible for not being more careful. I finally told a friend at work, who candidly responded the same thing happened to […]