Two Plus Two Newer Archives  

Go Back   Two Plus Two Newer Archives > 2+2 Communities > Other Other Topics

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 07-21-2007, 09:32 PM
Billy Bibbit Billy Bibbit is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 580
Default Identity theft, what should I do now?

Cliff notes: new credit card got stolen from my mailbox, someone activated it and used it, I'm not sure what all I should do to keep this from happening again?

OK a couple of weeks ago I ordered a rewards card from Bank of America (credit card where they give you back 1% of what you spend with it). It was supposed to arrive in my mailbox like a week and a half ago, but since I'm lazy I don't check my mailbox every day. I checked it last Saturday and there was nothing in there, which I thought was a little weird since I was expecting some other stuff too plus I usually have a fair amount of junk mail in there when I don't check my mail for a week. I live in an apartment complex where you need a key to access your mailbox but the mailman can open all the mailboxes at once with a lever.

Then on Tuesday morning I got a call from the fraud department at BOA and they said someone had been using my card that weekend to buy a bunch of crap, and they deactivated it for me. I assume the card was stolen from my mailbox so I filed a police report, and asked my landlord to change the lock on the box which he did.

After talking with the people at the bank again yesterday I was told that the perp would have needed other details about me in order to activate the card, such as date of birth, SSN, etc, which I have no idea how they obtained such information. Anyone here have experience with this sort of thing and can recommend what I should do now to protect against getting my identity stolen again?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 07-21-2007, 09:34 PM
Jamougha Jamougha is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Learning to read the board
Posts: 9,246
Default Re: Identity theft, what should I do now?

Time to wreck your credit rating before they get the chance.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 07-21-2007, 09:44 PM
amplify amplify is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Always Already
Posts: 18,027
Default Re: Identity theft, what should I do now?

Before I answer, how do I know you're even you?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 07-21-2007, 09:47 PM
Chrisman886 Chrisman886 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Making money
Posts: 2,206
Default Re: Identity theft, what should I do now?

Very nice landlord (unless he's the one who's doing this).

Start putting alerts on your credit reports. Then not much major can happen without you being notified.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 07-21-2007, 10:28 PM
TOOF DUCY? TOOF DUCY? is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Red Sox Nation
Posts: 67
Default Re: Identity theft, what should I do now?

suicide?
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 07-21-2007, 10:44 PM
hiho hiho is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 587
Default Re: Identity theft, what should I do now?

make a post in OOT about it...
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 07-21-2007, 10:45 PM
Spellmen Spellmen is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: State College, PA
Posts: 2,749
Default Re: Identity theft, what should I do now?

Call the 3 major credit bureaus and put an alert on each, if you're lucky the first one will notify the others. Cancel the credit card. Hunt the bastard down and kill him. The AF somehow allowed my to get stolen, it's not fun.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 07-21-2007, 11:10 PM
guids guids is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 12,908
Default Re: Identity theft, what should I do now?

I live in an apartment complex where you need a key to access your mailbox but the mailman can open all the mailboxes at once with a lever.




someone working for the complex did it. Something like this is rarely, if ever a random deal. does anyone have access to your apartment/trash?
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 07-22-2007, 12:24 AM
MrTrik MrTrik is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Left of the Dial
Posts: 1,751
Default Re: Identity theft, what should I do now?

I can check on this. What was your SSN# again. Oh, and your mother's maiden name. Oh and contact me via PM so we can verify other details such as address.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 07-22-2007, 12:43 AM
Lord_Strife Lord_Strife is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 180 man FT
Posts: 1,046
Default Re: Identity theft, what should I do now?

[ QUOTE ]
I can check on this. What was your SSN# again. Oh, and your mother's maiden name. Oh and contact me via PM so we can verify other details such as address.

[/ QUOTE ]

lol
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:51 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.