Thanks, Keith. There's another thing to watch out for,too. If you get any of
those "checks" from a bank or credit card company company in the mail, DO
NOT just toss them into the trash. Someone took the "blank checks" that my
stepdaughter threw into the trash and they were able to cash them. This
created problems that took a lot of effort to undo. Eventually her account
was not charged for the bogus checks. I sure learned a lesson from that
episode; now I tear them up into little pieces.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Turk [mailto:kturk@ala.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 5:21 PM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: ID theft ( no Lsr )
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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