Q&A: Victim of identity theft..need advice?
Question by dsd_071055: Victim of identity theft..need advice?
I am a victim of identity theft. Some one got into my apartment stolen my drivers license right out of my purse, went to my bank thru the drive thru window to a teller, withdrew over 400.00 out of my account two weeks ago, the same person tried again today to do the same thing. My bank stopped them from withdrawing any thing out of my account contact me right away to let me know what was going on. I guess they also have the person license plate number. I have already made out a police report, the bank has already contact the police as well. My account was closed the first time this happen reopened with a new account number. I was lucky this time because i put a password on my account, this person did not get into my account ,but they still got hold of my new account number that was asigned to me after my first account was close. I have also put fraud alerts on all of my credit reports and passowrds on all of my accounts. Well I just looked at my credit report today and found about 10 different thing that are not mine, one alone is over 12,000. I’m not sure who is doing this but I’m scared that this person knows where i live and might even be watching my every move. I’m scared and don’t know what to do. I asked my landlord if he had another place i could rent because I don’t feel safe here any longer. Was lucky that he does, even willing to wave the depoist so i can move in right away. I’m really scard of what this person might do next. i found out that they already know my ssn and date of birth…I really could use some advice as to how to deal with or handle all of this.
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Answer by Dunbar Pappy ϟϟ
Post this over in “Law Enforcement”; lots of cops there will be glad to help:
http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylt=AlUPayrLT_yzDUjDjh2APpilDH1G;_ylv=3?sid=396546501
or even “Law & ethics”;
http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylt=AlUPayrLT_yzDUjDjh2APpipDH1G;_ylv=3?sid=396545448
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This is a difficult one and it can be pretty scary since you feel like you’ve lost control and feel violated.
You’ve done one of the important things, contact the police. Be sure to keep contacting them with any new developments and see if you can push them to look for video tapes for evidence. They may not do so since they are usually snowed under with a bunch of crime to investigate, but the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Also, be sure to contact the FTC and let them know what is going on, along with the police report number.
Also, as soon as you read this, start a log with every detail you can think of: dates, times, bank locations/names/phone numbers of every contact you’ve made with about this. Keep good notes, even make recordings if you need. You can get a decent digital recorder for about $ 35. Also, put a freeze on your credit as soon as possible (see links below for more information).
I am linking several sites that give great advice for these cases. Also, search through your state’s Attorney General website for more information on the laws and victim’s rights information for your state.
Take a deep breath and dive in one step at a time. You can do this.