Anyone have their ID stolen?

feddoc · Apr 25, 2016

That profile thread reminded me about the time some guy from Denver stole mine.

He got the info from a job application, got in a car wreck using his picture and my info on his license. He went to court and pleach bargained from careless driving to defective vehicle, paid a $20 fine and let the 2 points ride on my name.

I found out when I went to renew my license and had to take the test. I went to Denver the next day, met the cop who wrote the ticket (were still friends) . It took his word, a handwriting expert and a year's time to get that two points off my record.

zekers · Apr 25, 2016

I used to go by Elkassassin, but some Jackwagon stole my good name and has since run it down!

ICMDEER · Apr 25, 2016

Nope. Don't think they'd do much good with my ID. But there's one available called BOBCATBESS that people might use to their benefit.

trophyhunter · Apr 25, 2016

Feddoc: You got off lucky...could have been much worse....my friend had his personal info stolen twice...never found them...but they filed taxes...got a refund, live in CA but they went to Florida and used his ID to purchase a car in his name....dealing with the IRS and out of State fraud ...you were lucky that guy didnt try the money route....

Birdman27 · Apr 25, 2016

This past January someone got a hold of my info and tried to open a bunch of lines of credit. They were never able to get into my accounts and I caught it quickly due to some safeguards in place. Regardless, I had to spend much more time than I wished to track down all the hits on my credit report and file a police report to get some inquiries removed. The hassle was what really bothered me, since I knew I was pretty well protected.

Squirrel · Apr 25, 2016

While Identity theft is real of course the thought of a name on a hunting website being the single bit of starting info is beyond ludicrous.

I was reading the paper after reading the responses on here and had to chuckle. Every article had names, many had addresses, some had employers, some were pre-screened for their financial well being (the real estate closing records, you have names, address, and you know they have money (seller) or good credit (buyer)!

Yet every internet tough guy when called out screams privacy protection... Mostly IMO to keep their nose from receiving a properly deserved message.

Looked at some courthouse docs the other day and there were SS#'s addresses and bank act # on public records anyone can view, slightly more fertile pickin's than MM handles.