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JPolito830

Joined: 21 Jul 2008
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948 Magic Points

Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:50 pm

I heard the creator of LifeLock got his identity stolen...I dont trust it.
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Mary

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Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:35 am

Hi lostrikan24
I too think that going for identity theft protection is a good idea . Again since you are benefited from the services of lifelock, and since they also offer free credit repair services if your identity is stolen after your registration with them I too think that you should continue with their service. But the thing is that - Is there any written documents where the condition that they will provide you with free credit repair service and pay you in case your identity is stolen, is mentioned. If not get it written from them.
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fireyone

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Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:52 pm

These days everyone needs protection. It is amazing how many people now stael identities. I think the more the talk about something on TV the more scammers that sit back and say "hey I never thought of that" therefore making it happen even more. I watched a show where a lady had her identity stolen. She said her life has never been the same and it is always coming back to haunt her. Maybe identity protection these days is as important as say car, life and auto insurance.

erb1953

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Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:11 am

and to think, most of this started as someone using anothers ID for a night on the town.

fireyone

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Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:51 pm

Never thought of it that way ERB. Thats probaly a good contributor.

erb1953

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Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:23 am

If you think about it, it all starts with a young girl using her big sister's ID to get in a club.

These theives just take it up a bigger notch, they use your credit to get loans, credit cards and etc for thier own benefit in turn destroying the credit of the unsuspecting victim.

goodnatured

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Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:44 pm

I see what you are saying erb, however I think the identity theft is a little more on the serious side of life, especially if you have become a victim of identity theft.
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fireyone

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Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:22 am

I truly would not want to be an identidty theft victim. they had a true story about this on TV and this kind of thing wrecks a persons life for such a long time. I can imagine it being a full time job trying to straighten everything up but what choice are ya left with?

erb1953

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Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:49 am

I just seen a case on A&E about an identity theive, thing is he actually committed a murder during his riegn of terror. He had stolen identities of people that were trying to help him out.

the worst part (besides the murder) he was working and his wage information was being reported to the irs, the irs was then penalizing the victim for owed taxes. It was pretty obvious that the victim could not be doing both jobs, they were on two different parts of the country. Eventually, after paying the irs penalties for over 11 years the victim had open heart surgery and sometime on his hands, he got the FBI and federal marshall's office involved, it was eventually sorted out and the guy did get convicted of the murder and the identity theft but it took these people years to get it all straightened out.

I think the thing that irritated me the most was what this man went through with the irs, they are one of the most powerful entities in the united states and they did not care to even listened to the victim and year after year he paid thousands in taxes that he did not owe. It never did say if he got any of his money back or not. They had the power to investigate this early on when he called the first year, but chose to bill him and make him pay and in the meantime a murderer was on the streets under another identity.

goodnatured

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Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:04 am

wow, this would be an extreme case, this guy must have been on the move to get a way with it for this long. I think I would have been a little more aggressive with the IRS though, I don't think I would have been paying them for that period of time. Wonder why this guy did not get an attorney to deal with this sooner?
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erb1953

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Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:53 am

It was a pretty good show they did on this jerk, he ended up killing a guy because he hit on him and apparently when he was younger he was in jail and was sexually assaulted by some guys, when this one hit on him, it set him off. Other than that he was just a common theif.

fireyone

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Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:23 am

That story is outrageous. I watch that TV program alot and sorry I missed that one. Gosh where does this identity crisis end?

goodnatured

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Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:15 pm

It doesn't end, you will always have people out there that are willing to take on another persons identity and presume to live their lives, that is why it is important to have something in place that protects you from this kind of illegal activity.
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fireyone

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Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:49 am

Insane. We just went through something kind of similiar at Sears. We were trying to make a purchase and the sales agent thought we were the Mac Gregors who owed a huge past due balance. I told them that we ended up with their old phone number and that they are from are area but we were not them. That was fine. I asked them if they could take that number from their system so it wasn't associated with us and they said they could not do that. It was the Mac Gregors last known number and that they would have to come in and change it. I didn't even bother crabbing about it. I knew it wouldn't get me anywhere. It isn't the same as stolen identity but the harassment is.

goodnatured

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Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:03 am

I can't believe they pull an account up by a telephone number, what a bunch of bone heads, I would think that phone numbers would be used for verification, along with address to verify that you are you.
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