yeah my folks thought they to may be immune
to this crap, living in south dakota and all....
they took a visit the the lovely land of califiendya
to see relatives....they mailed out their bills, only to find
that some nice people came through the neighborhood
and pulled peoples mail out of the boxes, and ripped them
open, taking the billing statements and checks, and got
money out of their accounts
Joe :)
Keith Turk wrote:
>Always thought that this whole ID theft thing wasn't ever going to find it's
>way to Alabama.... I mean come on... these folks .... think about it... But
>seriously..... I had a problem last week I want to share with the list as
>more of a general information sorta thing...
>
>At Christmas I'd bought some See's candies for gifts.... ( hey I figure I'm
>removing at least a few of the Nuts out of Ca. ).... To do this I'd sent my
>sister a check.... Somewhere along the way someone stole the check out of
>her mail box. Then they went on line and used my checking account to pay
>several bills for someone who's ID they had stolen....
>
>It was really easy to spot when my secretary was balancing the bank
>statement..... We closed the account that afternoon and recieved 4 more bad
>checks after it was closed.... the Ontario Ca. detectives are working the
>case and hopefully they will catch this person.... but I kinda doubt it...
>
>Bottom line... here's what I learned.... Don't have ANY information on your
>checks that isn't absolutely mandatory.... no Drivers lic. No SSN....
>Nothing of the kind.... name rank serial number and date of birth.... save
>yourself this hassle....
>
>Just thought I would share the problem and give you folks a heads up...
>
>Keith
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