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You will think otherwise if your identity ever gets stolen..sm

Posted By: DumDum on 2007-05-01
In Reply to: B00- - Pattie

good luck to you.


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And you're willing to just accept that? Ever had your identity stolen? I have. It's no treat.
the police have made a report but whoopee, that's not getting my credit back on track.  Talk about stress and grief.  No one ever cares until it happens to them.  What a shame.
I don't believe it was stolen ...
I think the guy took it home on purpose, sold it, and SAID it was stolen.

He just happens to take the disk home (even though he's not supposed to) and happens to be burglarized and it is stolen? Too much coincidence as far as I'm concerned.


ID being stolen in Pakistan
There is probably less chance of your ID being stolen in Pakistan than the United States, where I had my stolen.
Stolen Summer (2002).
Synopsis





In 1970s Chicago, two boys bridge the sectarian divide between the Jewish and Irish-Catholic faiths and forge a friendship. When the Jewish boy discovers he is dying, his Christian friend vows to assist him in his quest to go to heaven, with predictable reactions from their families. This film is the result of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Project Greenlight and was well received at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Stolen computers from the VA Hospital------
Did you hear about the two different workplaces getting their computers stolen?  Someone from the Veterens Hospital brought a computer home to their house and then is was stolen.  It has at least 50,000 name of Veterens whose medical conditions and personal information was on it.  The news said the  diagnostic codes are universal and can be easily read.   Someone else was on a plane and their laptop was stolen which had Stop and Shop employees info on it.    Then at a college in CT someone broke into the computer system and they are not sure what was taken so they sent a letter to anyone who was associated with that college in the last8 years even if you got a letter because you were inquiring about that college  and so my daughters  had to call the credit bureau to warn them because my two daugters are associated with that college.  
Congrats and while you are at it, report your truck stolen by him.
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You are absolutely right. Can you believe that they had 2 TDs stolen from them? AND Steelers didn&
The refs must have made out really well with their bookies. It was an abomination.
identity theft
Hey, I just saw that someone else is posting as "Nymt", whereas my handle is "nymt" all lower case. This may cause some confusion and I have no idea who was first. Any takers? No animosity, I promise.
Identity Theft - sm
The process of identity theft is one of gathering bits of information from various sources. Everyone will find Mitnick's book, "The Art of Deception" very entertaining and perhaps even frightening in this respect.

Small bits of information can be used to garner others that are more compromising. That's the bottom line.

But your resume itself can be enough, depending on the question that the fraudster wants to answer. For instance, what if the "phony" job ad was simply placed by an MT company in order to find out which of their employees are out there looking for jobs?

I get calls from "employers" wanting to "check references" on people. I always get their phone number, verify it, and then call them back. However, I'd bet that most do not take these precautions, so if I have your resume I can start to call your previous employers, tell them you've applied for a job and, believe it or not, if I'm skilled at social engineering, get your former supervisor to tell me a LOT of things you'd never suspect.

Bottom line: Guard your privacy like a mother lion guards her cubs.


Thousands of peoples identification stolen in Rhode Island
to buy state permits.
Yes, the site was stolen. Contact the former owner at mtstars dot net and she'll
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not *identity* - much more severe problem...nm *S*
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If anyone steals my identity, the joke's on them!
Destitution has its benefits!
identity theft HAS happened - sm
I know of two transcriptionists that were arrested for identity theft. It took a long, long, long time to catch them, but they were finally caught. Also, I worked at a hospital that decided to outsource, and we tried telling the director that some of the doctors dictate SS# on the report to ensure that we have the right patient, and that that could pose a problem with outsourcing. But they didn't want to hear it or correct it.


I think it's an expander identity thing, LOL.
It's become your dual personality.
Identity Theft is one reason
The medical records have SS#'s, full names, addresses, depending on header info it can have employer's name or ins. info. It is hard enough to prove/solve/control identity theft in our own country let alone coming out of other countries. That along with the mistakes in the reports that can have a very drastic effect on a patient's care/life. AND if you don't mind the work being done overseas for a fraction of what you are paid so that you no longer have a job...it can't get much more obvious than no paycheck coming in.
do reveal OP's true identity. I received
 an email and would like to know who I may be conversing with.
don't post your name or the company you work for, no one will know your identity. SM
why did you even bother to reply so negatively. If it bothers you to answer this poll, than ignore the post. Negativity is so unattractive.
How would the info from our resumes be used for identity theft?
I guess I don't understand it. My social is not on my resume. Only my name and phone number and previous employers. How would one use this info to gain enough info to use my identity? I am just curious.
that's pretty funny considering we don't even have our own identity code with IRS! nm
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all your information needed to steal your identity - sm
name, address, telephone and past employers etc. Now in Pakistan