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A Web Site Mysteriously Knows Who I Am & Details About My Last Visit. Scary!
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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1835904" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Hi Jake, </p><p>I am very sad to hear about your & your daughter's identity thefts. </p><p>I'm sure that it was a giant & lengthy project to clear all of that up. You guys must have been quite worried and frustrated by the whole mess. I feel your pain. Sadly, speaking from our experience, the after effects may pop their ugly heads back up every so often & need to be slapped back down. </p><p></p><p>Thank You for explaining the steps you have taken and are using to help prevent this from happening again. I appreciate learning them. </p><p></p><p>I had my identity stolen some years ago because the local Lowe's store was lazy and had no encryption between the wireless credit card reader and the server. Somehow, just from my credit card, the bad guys got all kinds of information. Eventually several people were caught in the parking lot stealing data. Of course, no prosecution nor restitution. Credit, utilities and even a mortgage were opened in my wife's & my name. We lost some money from bank looting, too. It took about 3 years to get it <em>mostly</em> fixed up- but no refunds. </p><p></p><p>The worst at fixing was Detroit Edison electric utility. At one of the many houses where service was established in our name, they could not shut off the power because it was a crack house & the people would shoot at the Edison workers' trucks. (Typical) Of course, the police would not intervene. (Also Typical) The Edison company people had in their records that I was a Detroit police officer & told me to pull the meter myself, as it was too dangerous for them. Yeah, sure! (I left the police department in the 80's & this was the late 90's.) </p><p>It got to the point that Edison meter crew guys would pull the meter, lock the can & cut my service at home every day. My wife told them I was an electrician (I am) and I'd hook it back up when I got home, which I did daily. Eventually they'd pull the meter socket jumpers I put in, not cut the drop, not lock the can & stay for a coffee. They'd leave my socket jumpers for me. Nice folks!</p><p> </p><p>We still can not establish service with them without posting a security bond. The gas company was worse. (Now they are the same company.) The credit card companies were great & very helpful. Social Security- not so much. Health insurance, also not so helpful, but it was their money getting spent. (Idiots)</p><p></p><p>Credit cards still get hijacked every so often for us; from various vendors' transactions. The most consistent was a Home Depot in Detroit that sometimes I have to patronize. Every single time I would shop there, the cashier would 'accidentally' drop my company credit card or wipe it off with a (magic) cloth. (No self readers). And the security guard at the exit check line would need to see the card, too. Then, fake charges abound! Once I was in there with one of my brothers. I pulled out my credit card and he instantly asked "Are you insane?" He knew the routine, It's too bad this happens because most decent people won't carry more than chump change in that neighborhood and I'm sure seniors are heavily targeted when they use their cards. Many would have no idea how to get out of the mess and surely can not afford the loss.</p><p></p><p>I sincerely hope you guys never have this occur again. It sounds like you have a great & well thought out battle plan for monitoring & preventing. I saved your post so I can review the steps you took & prevention you have in place. </p><p></p><p>Thanks Again & Be Sure To Enjoy This Day!</p><p>Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1835904, member: 76746"] Hi Jake, I am very sad to hear about your & your daughter's identity thefts. I'm sure that it was a giant & lengthy project to clear all of that up. You guys must have been quite worried and frustrated by the whole mess. I feel your pain. Sadly, speaking from our experience, the after effects may pop their ugly heads back up every so often & need to be slapped back down. Thank You for explaining the steps you have taken and are using to help prevent this from happening again. I appreciate learning them. I had my identity stolen some years ago because the local Lowe's store was lazy and had no encryption between the wireless credit card reader and the server. Somehow, just from my credit card, the bad guys got all kinds of information. Eventually several people were caught in the parking lot stealing data. Of course, no prosecution nor restitution. Credit, utilities and even a mortgage were opened in my wife's & my name. We lost some money from bank looting, too. It took about 3 years to get it [I]mostly[/I] fixed up- but no refunds. The worst at fixing was Detroit Edison electric utility. At one of the many houses where service was established in our name, they could not shut off the power because it was a crack house & the people would shoot at the Edison workers' trucks. (Typical) Of course, the police would not intervene. (Also Typical) The Edison company people had in their records that I was a Detroit police officer & told me to pull the meter myself, as it was too dangerous for them. Yeah, sure! (I left the police department in the 80's & this was the late 90's.) It got to the point that Edison meter crew guys would pull the meter, lock the can & cut my service at home every day. My wife told them I was an electrician (I am) and I'd hook it back up when I got home, which I did daily. Eventually they'd pull the meter socket jumpers I put in, not cut the drop, not lock the can & stay for a coffee. They'd leave my socket jumpers for me. Nice folks! We still can not establish service with them without posting a security bond. The gas company was worse. (Now they are the same company.) The credit card companies were great & very helpful. Social Security- not so much. Health insurance, also not so helpful, but it was their money getting spent. (Idiots) Credit cards still get hijacked every so often for us; from various vendors' transactions. The most consistent was a Home Depot in Detroit that sometimes I have to patronize. Every single time I would shop there, the cashier would 'accidentally' drop my company credit card or wipe it off with a (magic) cloth. (No self readers). And the security guard at the exit check line would need to see the card, too. Then, fake charges abound! Once I was in there with one of my brothers. I pulled out my credit card and he instantly asked "Are you insane?" He knew the routine, It's too bad this happens because most decent people won't carry more than chump change in that neighborhood and I'm sure seniors are heavily targeted when they use their cards. Many would have no idea how to get out of the mess and surely can not afford the loss. I sincerely hope you guys never have this occur again. It sounds like you have a great & well thought out battle plan for monitoring & preventing. I saved your post so I can review the steps you took & prevention you have in place. Thanks Again & Be Sure To Enjoy This Day! Paul [/QUOTE]
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