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Originally Posted by Artap99
I had someone call me yesterday to tell me about identity theft They had my address wrong and my credit card wrong. I asked them to tell me information about myself and they couldn't.
A lot of people involved in fraud like to use the fraud as a way of giving people closure. The majority of the people who call your house that are talking about identity theft are most likely going to be frauds. The reason for this is that the credit card companies know that they can't monitor things like that, so they'll send you a pamphlet to do it yourself or do it online when they send your monthly bill.
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Wow. I'm so glad I've never received a phone call like that, Artap. It sounds like you were really on top of the situation though.
I don't suppose you were able to get his phone number via 'caller id'?
I'm just remembering that my brother charged something once at an auto supply store, and apparently the female clerk there later used his card number to order $60 worth of pizzas over the phone - giving the name "Maria". Not exactly my brother's name, needless to say.
Also, apparently there is someone in a neighboring state who has an account with his same bank, and who is using his 'exact' name. I'd say it's virtually impossible that this is a legitimate person, because my brother has a
*very* unusual name, and there's just NO way that another person could have the same combination of first, middle, and last names that he has. So he's going to have to start looking into that situation. *sigh*