ID theft - All Comments

re: ID thief sentenced for medical ID theft, documents left in Denver storage unit

IdentityTheft — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:39:38 GMT

I'm thinking the meth might have had something to do with his not paying the rental fee or realizing what would happen if the contents were sold.

But why didn't the police take the documents? And why did they turn him away when he turned himself in?

re: ID thief sentenced for medical ID theft, documents left in Denver storage unit

willburns1 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:02:04 GMT

I wonder why the guy wouldn't just clean out the shed instead of letting it go to auction and exposing his identity theft. Doesn't seem like a very smart thing on his part. I have heard more than one story about people find all kinds of weird things in auctioned off storage facilities.

re: Network Solutions data breach: 573,000 online business owners and their customers to be notified of hacking

Raikus — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:21:33 GMT

Yikes! Anyone who did anything with domains and website building about a decade ago most likely dealt with Network Solutions. I know I was a past customer. The only saving grace I can think of is the payment information I used back then is no longer active. Still, what a huge breech.

re: Should you sign the back of credit cards or write "Ask for photo ID"?

willburns1 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:09:18 GMT

regulations are only good if people follow them. I think a lot of the ID theft problem is because people don't follow the procedure and don't do what they are told. This allows the id thieves to sneak through the cracks.

re: Public records provide enough information for ID thieves to guess your SSN

willburns1 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:26:56 GMT

I see you have to pay money to search the death master file. I feel this is like selling of our information. I don't like this at all.

re: Public records provide enough information for ID thieves to guess your SSN

willburns1 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:24:32 GMT

that is crazy I had no idea it was that easy. I don't think it should be that easy to figure our someone's social security number. I feel they should not allow the public to access certain databases like the death master file. I think someone should access the database for you and find the person you are looking for only if you can prove you have some kind of relationship with the person. I don't know something that would make it harder for people to just browse the information.

re: ID thieves targeting summer brides and grooms

IdentityTheft — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:54:49 GMT

I thought the same thing while I was researching this.

Can you imagine having your final payment to the caterer declined bcs someone else spent your money! No money left to complete preparations and you have to start spending hours and hours everyday trying to straighten out the identity theft with police, banks, credit card companies, etc.

re: ID thieves targeting summer brides and grooms

willburns1 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:42:51 GMT

That's just wrong. You are starting a new life with your husband or Wife and you have to start if with a big ol spoonful of identity theft. I can't image trying to deal if an identity theft while trying to settle down with a new spouse.

re: Complaints about Experian

Blogette — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:41:52 GMT

My mom tried to get her free credit report and wound up subscribed to their "service". It took her months to get them to stop charging her. I also get my credit reports on a yearly basis to review them. It creeps me out the amount of information they have about me and for how long they have had it. They have information about me going back 20 years!

re: Nancy Siegel convicted of ID theft that led to murder

IdentityTheft — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:49:31 GMT

UPDATE: Nancy Jean Siegel was sentenced yesterday to 33 years in prison.

re: Tennessee Dept. of Education data breach exposes information of 18,000 students

IdentityTheft — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:47:16 GMT

Yeah. I'd say they inappropriately minimized this incident. Perhaps a more appropriate response would have been to say it was a "simpleminded" human's error.

re: Tennessee Dept. of Education data breach exposes information of 18,000 students

Blogette — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:10:56 GMT

I wouldn't call it a "simple" error since the consequences can be extremely damaging.

re: Police searching for "Boob Bandit," ID thief

Blogette — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:08:59 GMT

If they catch her, does she have to give the boobs back?

re: Working toward a working definition of identity theft

Blogette — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:31:33 GMT

I would think that defining it should go pretty quickly. If you have other people's personal data without their knowledge or permission, you are committing identity theft. Identity fraud should be even easier.

re: ID thief and accomplice mom gone

Blogette — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:28:37 GMT

He must be pretty good at assuming identities. I'm sure he had some spare ones laying around so he could easily start a life somewhere else as someone else.