Has anyone been a victim of identity theft?? :-(

Delphinus · #1 10-27-2004, 05:34 PM

Well, I guess since it's getting more and more common it's pretty much inevitable that something like this is going hit close to home.

So, has anyone else had to deal with this lovely situation? Looks like I could use some advice.

Lovely .... just freakin' lovely.

@#$%^%!$&^%!!!!!!!!

mr_alberta · #2 10-27-2004, 05:39 PM

Oh no! They got you! Sorry to hear that Tony. I hate f@#(*% thieves.

AJ_77 · #3 10-27-2004, 05:50 PM

No man, sorry - what did they get, a CC number?

Delphinus · #4 10-27-2004, 06:00 PM

Yep, we're hit...

This is what I've figured out so far

- get a copy of your credit history from www.equifax.ca
- report it to the RCMP fraud/identity theft division
- report it to the city police
- report it to your banks, credit cards, etc.
- report it to human resources Canada (because of the S.I.N.) - I don't know a new one is needed yet, but what's happened is someone is using it
- you can get your credit rating file flagged so that if anyone makes a credit check for whatever reason, they have to call you in person to discuss it first. If it's not you that's applying, then you know something's up ...

So far the collection agency that has been calling us has not turned over the info to the credit rating bureau. They will await word from the creditor (in this case Telus).

What a headache! Sheesh. The lengths people will go to, to avoid paying for stuff in an honest manner.

Son Of Skyline · #5 10-27-2004, 06:08 PM

That's just scary. Thanks for the info Tony. Good luck!

Beverly · #6 10-27-2004, 06:27 PM

Tony,

How terrible for you

Do you know how they got your info?

Delphinus · #7 10-27-2004, 06:35 PM

No idea. The weird part is they got the SIN. ... Who has access to SIN's? It's not like you submit your SIN when you get a magazine subscription. The only thing I can think that I use it for regularly, is filing my tax returns.

Canadian Man · #8 10-27-2004, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

No idea. The weird part is they got the SIN. ... Who has access to SIN's? It's not like you submit your SIN when you get a magazine subscription. The only thing I can think that I use it for regularly, is filing my tax returns.

All it takes is one disshonest person in the chain of a bunch to F*:&:^ someone over.

Sorry to hear that Tony

christyf5 · #9 10-27-2004, 08:04 PM

The college I went to used to use our SIN numbers as our student numbers

Luckily none of the students were smart enough to steal them then

I hope things work out for you Tony. What a nightmare!

Christy

JTrigger · #10 10-27-2004, 09:11 PM

I was a victim back in 2001... royal pain in the @ss to call all the 3 major bureaus or whatever... then call everything else to get extra passwords placed on all credit cards, loan information, bank cards, everything, it is UNbelievably time consuming getting things straightened away, so believe me, I can empathize!... sheesh... and you feel so horribly used! They picked up mine because they had inadvertantly sent out a CC application to my old address in Los Angeles at undergrad (which had my SSN or SIN here) and the person had applied for the card, submitted a change of address, and the CC company from Texas called my mom in CA to verify my current address and bingo and she gave them my # in Canada and they called me and told me they tried to call the perpetrator at the number he listed and he screwed up because when they asked for my name he didn't recognize it, but then they said the were calling about a CC approval and the idiot said, oh yah, that's me and then hung up!

JT