Question by Asma(MoRmEx`s enemy): i have been a victime of a a stolen identity,they opened over 10 credit card on my name?
they stole my identity,opened atleast 10 credit cards in 10 diferents stores(macy`s,sears,wallmart,wells fargo,target,AT&T….) without talking about some they opened in some stores but with a wrong adress,and i couldn t receive the bill for that…
i went to the police made a statment,i also called all those companys and closed the accounts ,and made sure that no body openes other credit cards,i also made life lock….
am still waiting now
the thing is that when those things were hapening i wasn t in the us,i was over seas…not only that,i didn t have any driver liscence at the time because it had expired and the driver licence took it,(means no I.D.)i just made one yesterday after i came from my traveling.
my question is ,do i have to worry about anything,like a messed up credit,how long is gonna take to clear up all that mass,are they gonna find the thief,do you thing the person who did this to me is probebly someone i know,
please help
can you belive they even have a fake id
has anything like this happend to someone you know ?
Best answer:
Answer by vexingconfection
This actually did happen to me.
I found out when I had my security clearance revoked in the Army.
My commander told me to “take care of it,” so I filled out paperwork-reports and some I ended up just paying off to get out the way as quickly as possible. Sucks but remember after this-you still won’t be safe-cause they will do it again! Errr-
What do you think? Answer below!
One thing that will help you is signing up for Life Lock. If they live up to their ads, then that is going to be a company that everyone should sign up for (I’m a skeptic, I’m risking my credit & ID by not signing up right now. same w/buying cars, I never buy the 1st production model)
Routinely monitor your credit reports for accuracy from all of the reporting agencies to prevent anything slipping by on your credit reports. If you haven’t done so yet, contact them to make sure the credit card companies have updated their entries in your credit report.
Maybe this is paranoia, but even at restaurants I frequent regularly, I will not pay at the table if using my credit or debit card. I always wait until I get to the cash register. There are too many devices that can be easily hidden in a pocket they can swipe your card through & capture all of the cards information.