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Identity Theft - "It Will Never Happen to Me"

When a criminal wrongfully obtains and victim's name)Methods utilized by
uses another individual's personal data identity thieves for obtaining a victim's
in a manner that involves fraud the act personal information include but are not
is referred to as identity limited to:- "Dumpster diving" or sifting
theft.Unfortunately, just about everyone through garbage at a victim's residence,
knows someone who has been a victim. A place of business or any retail
good friend of mine recently became a establishment, restaurant, night club,
victim. His case, (and 16 years of law school, doctor's or dentist's office or
enforcement experience), prompted me to any location where there may be copies of
write this article.*(If you have senior credit card receipts and other
citizens in your life, PLEASE have them documentation containing personal
read this and make sure that they information.- Mail theft. Pre approved
understand. Seniors are targeted more credit card offers and other mail
than anyone).The following are actual material containing personal information
incidents involving identity theft:The are too often easily obtainable by
victim - A medical doctor practicing at identity thieves.- The theft of
his successful twenty-year-old office in proprietary data containing employee
central GeorgiaThe victim realized that information from a company's human
several important pieces of mail that he resource department or even a briefcase.
had been expecting at his residence If employee spreadsheets contain no date
hadn't arrived yet. He had expected two of birth or social security information,
of the items to arrive more than two the names and telephone numbers are sold
weeks earlier. While attempting to to telemarketing or other similar
telephone one of the companies whose organizations for a profit.- "Shoulder
package had not arrived, the victim surfing." Identity thieves will even
received a telephone call from the sales resort to sitting in their automobile in
manager at an automobile dealership a parking lot and will utilize binoculars
located in central Alabama. The manager to read a victim's PIN number at an ATM
stated that he was calling to insure that machine, or credit and/or calling card
all was well with the new automobile that number at a payphone.The following
the doctor had purchased several days proactive steps will aid in the
earlier. The manager also stated that he prevention of identity theft and fraud:-
would have contacted the doctor earlier, Insure that new orders of personal checks
however, all of the telephone numbers are delivered to your bank, not your
listed on the doctor's purchase agreement residence.- Mail payments containing
were incorrect. The manager had located personal checks or money orders from a
the victim's telephone number via the secure public mailbox or the post office,
Internet. The victim had not purchased a not your residential mailbox.- When
new automobile in over eight ordering a new or replacement credit card
years.Further investigation revealed that by mail, write down the name and the
a nineteen-year-old female from Nigeria extension of the representative you speak
who was legally in the United States on a with, as well as the expected arrival
student visa had stumbled across the date for the card. If the card does not
victim's ad for his medical practice in arrive by the expected date, telephone
the local Yellow Pages. After leaving his the representative immediately to inquire
office one evening, the victim was about the disposition of your credit
followed home by the female subject. The card.- If an expected mail item does not
next morning the subject walked into the arrive on the expected date, or you
local post office and filled out a change notice a sudden decrease in your normal
of address card, replacing the victim's amount of delivered mail or no mail
home address with a post office box delivery at all, inquire regarding a
address that the female subject had possible fraudulent change of address at
purchased earlier in the week. All of the your local post office.- Credit accounts
victim's personal mail would be sent to that are not used regularly are
the P.O. box instead of to his residence. attractive targets for identity thieves.
Within days the subject had received Cancel accounts that have not been used
several items of mail addressed to the in the last six months or longer, and
victim, including pre-approved credit destroy the credit cards.- Purchase a
card offers and other documents crosscutting shredding machine. All
containing his social security number and pre-approved credit promotion
date of birth. Within two months the documentation, check stubs, receipts and
subject had acquired two automobiles, a any documentation containing personal
motorcycle, a house and multiple credit information should be shredded before
cards on the victim's credit. The subject disposal.- Do not give out any personal
was arrested and charged by the local information over the telephone. If a
authorities within three months of the creditor "representative" calls and
initial criminal act, however, the requests that you provide them with any
victim's credit was completely personal information, suggest that the
destroyed.A detective with the local representative provide you with his or
police department who had befriended the her telephone number and extension, and
victim during the investigative process inform them that you will call them back
stated that he telephoned the victim momentarily with the information that
approximately two years after the subject they are requesting. If the telephone
had been arrested. The victim had been number does not match the toll free
forced to close his medical practice and customer service number found on a
retire early due to the incident.The monthly statement or on the back of the
victim - A regional sales manager credit card issued to you by that
traveling in GeorgiaThe victim fell creditor, call the actual customer
asleep in his hotel room early one service toll-free telephone number to
evening after a day filled with meetings inquire about the validity of the call.-
and conference calls. After exiting the Order an unlisted home telephone number,
shower at approximately 7:00AM the next or at a minimum request that your name be
morning, the victim noticed that his listed in the local telephone directory
wallet, briefcase and laptop computer by an initial and last name, and request
were missing from the hotel room. Further that your home address be removed from
investigation revealed that the victim your listing.- Do not participate in
had not secured the dead-bolt lock on the telemarketing promotions, and have your
hotel room door the night before. Someone information removed from promotional
utilized a pass card-key to enter the lists. Telemarketing lists are bought and
victim's hotel room while he was sleeping sold by companies and individuals on a
and acquired the missing items.Before the daily basis. Once you have participated
victim could finish speaking with the in a promotion over the telephone or by
local police and report the incident to mail, (even if the promotion offers a
his corporate office, his corporate free product or service), you will notice
calling card number had been sold to an immediate increase in the amount of
several subjects at the local airport. promotional mail and in the number of
During the six-month investigative telemarketing calls you receive. This
process involving the victim's case along greatly increases your risk of becoming
with several others, (all of which an identity theft victim.- Do not utilize
originated at the same hotel), the your credit card on the Internet until
victim's personal information was you have read in full the company's
utilized to open several credit card privacy policy, and the company's web
accounts and to receive several high site provides a secured page that
interest cash loans.The victim - A utilizes data encryption for credit card
Georgia homeownerThe victim received a information. Many companies inform
telephone call one morning from a major e-commerce customers in the fine print
credit card company customer service contained in their privacy policy that by
representative who worked in the theft purchasing their products via their web
and fraud department. He was calling to site, you agree to accept all of the
inquire about the unusually high dollar terms and agreements contained in their
amounts that had been charged on the privacy policy. Quite often those terms
victim's recently opened credit card include the re-distribution of your
account. The victim had not opened any personal information to other companies
credit card accounts in over five years. and creditors.- Do not use a check or
The representative then recommended that bank card on the Internet.- Closely
the victim call the local police and file monitor all monthly bank and credit card
a police report.The victim was informed account statements for fraudulent
by a police department supervisor that withdrawals and charges. Keep monthly
for three days they had received several statements for a minimum of one year.- If
similar complaints from the same your social security number is utilized
subdivision. Further investigation as your drivers license number, have it
revealed that a male subject posing as a changed. Do not have your social security
door-to-door solicitor had retrieved number printed on personal checks.- Order
several envelopes containing pre-approved a copy of your credit report at least
credit card promotions from mailboxes twice annually.- Maintain one document,
throughout the subdivision.(I was an preferably in a fire proof security file
arresting officer involved with the or safe along with birth certificates,
following case)The victims - Five major social security cards, your home
Atlanta area retail outletsA search inventory and other important
warrant was successfully obtained for an documentation that contains the company
apartment located in Dekalb County. The name, account number, telephone number
two male residents were suspected of and the family member names on each open
fraudulently ordering and receiving credit account. This will speed up the
merchandise via the Internet from several reporting process should you ever become
Atlanta area retail locations. Upon an identity theft victim.If you suspect
entering the residence officers observed that you or someone that you know has
several expensive and obviously new items become a victim of identity theft,
of merchandise located throughout the contact your local law enforcement agency
entire home, including:- One twelve foot immediately to obtain a police report.
tall artificial Christmas tree containing Early documentation is crucial. Send a
hand-blown glass ornaments valued at copy of the following letter to the major
$3000.00- Two forty inch projection credit reporting agencies://////////
television sets (one in the living room SAMPLE LETTER//////////////////Re: (Your
and one in the master bedroom)- Unopened full legal name/no initials)
boxes in the dining room containing Social Security No:__________________
several sets of crystal and china valued Date of Birth:___________________
at $10,000.00- Several unopened boxes Social Security No:__________________
located throughout the home containing Date of Birth:___________________
computer equipment including monitors and Spouses' Name:_____________
PC towers valued at Social Security No:_________________
$16,000.00Investigative efforts revealed Date of
that the two subjects had obtained a Birth:______________Dear_____________,In
Customer Credit Listing book from another accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting
individual who was at one time an Act, and for the protection of my credit
employee of a credit reporting agency. information, I respectfully request that
The book was the size of a telephone book you take the following actions
and contained thousands of listings in immediately:- Provide me with my current
alphabetical order of Atlanta area credit credit report. (Enclosed find $_____)-
customers by full name, last known Please add the following consumer alert
mailing address, last known level of to my credit report: "Do not issue credit
income and even social security and date without telephoning me first at the
of birth information.The subjects had following number: __________." (This is
highlighted certain names, (prioritized an excellent deterrent for imposters!)-
by income level), and had utilized the Please remove my name from any and all
victim's personal information to obtain market mailing and promotional lists.
several credit cards from the retail (Call 888-5OPTOUT to request information
locations. The subjects would then removal for all three credit-reporting
utilize the credit cards to order agencies as well.)- Please do not change
merchandise.Five retail outlets my mailing address or telephone number
dispatched seven large panel trucks to without my prior authorization in
retrieve their merchandise from the writing.- My current address is:
residence.During the preliminary hearing _________________
for one of the subjects, officers knew - My current telephone number at my
that the subject was a major flight risk office is: _____________
and were not pleased with the inadequate - My current telephone number at my home
cash bond amount that the presiding judge is: _____________Enclosed you will find a
had placed on the subject. An officer copy of a current utility bill to confirm
approached the bench and placed the large the accuracy of the above
Customer Credit Listing book down in information.Please do not provide my
front of the judge, opened it to a credit information to anyone without my
book-marked page and pointed to the only prior authorization via telephone, fax,
line of highlighted text on the page. or in writing.Please provide me with the
Both subjects were denied bail by the necessary information so that I may set
judge and were ordered to remain in jail up a password to use for telephonic
until their trial date.The judges' credit communications with your agency.If I do
information was highlighted.Identity not receive anything from you in writing
thieves will utilize anyone's personal within ten (10) business days from the
information in any way imaginable in date in which you signed the return
order to profit financially, including receipt for this letter, I will assume
but not limited to:- Procuring monies that you unconditionally agree to insure
from the victim's established accounts- that the above actions are taken.Thank
Obtaining credit cards from banks and you in advance for your prompt attention
retailers- Applying for and receiving to this matter.Respectfully yours,///////
cash loans- Financing the purchase of ///SAMPLE LETTER//////////////////J.C.
anything from automobiles to firearms Hurst is the IT/Internet Marketing
(identity theft is a simple way for Director
convicted felons to by-pass gun laws, for The Ziegler Corporations.You may
including background checks and waiting contact J.C. at 800.726.0510 -or-
periods)- Establishing accounts with J.C. Hurst is the IT/Internet Marketing
utility companies- Obtaining a home loan Director
or renting a home or apartment- Obtaining for The Ziegler Corporations.You may
employment- Filing for bankruptcy (in the contact J.C. at 800.726.




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