Update on my identity theft

[yvr girl]

It's not enough for these people to clean out my bank account and get credit in my name, now they are trying to intercept my phone calls. I was out in the burbs yesterday and my cell phone wasn't working. I drove into town, and I still had problems. I called up my cell phone company to see if there were some service issues. Apparently, I had my phone forwarded to another number. "I" had called up the day before, added call forwarding to my account and forwarded the number.

Keep in mind, that I had already added a secondary password to my account and an alert. The person gave my 'friend' access because they knew my driver's license number and my social insurance number.

Oddly enough, this is the first incident in the whole sordid affair that made me cry. I feel completely violated.

[Schema Thing]

1. So sorry

I can only imagine how frustrated and helpless you must feel.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. I guess that is a natural reaction to feel that way, but try not to

you are still you. They cannot take that. All the rest is just paper stuff.
Hang in there, it will sort out.

[Ian David]

3. That's awful. But SOMEHOW that should make it easier to find them

If you know they're using your cellphone number, then surely you'll also be able to find who they're calling and who's calling them back.

[mike_c]

4. oh that is awful....

How did they gain access to your bank account information, e.g. your account number and PIN?

[yvr girl]

7. The number they had my phone forwarded to was

a cell phone they had purchased in my name.

They had enough information about me, that they were able to convince my bank that they were me over the phone. They had all my account info balances, types of accounts, regular payments etc. They knew my date of birth, social insurance number, driver's license number, address, home phone, cell phone...

They stole my mail.

[murielm99]

5. I am so sorry.

Do you know how all this happened?

I hope you can get it fixed soon. It is a violation -- and an outrage.

:grr:

[LDS Jock]

6. how do we know this is the real yvr girl posting this?

Seriously, I'm sorry. These people should be beaten and forced to watch Glitter for the rest of their life.

[yvr girl]

8. Thanks for the idea

I'm compiling a list of torture ideas. It's the only thing that keeps me sane.

[Solon]

9. That could be the mistake that gets them caught...

if, and this is a big if, the police will bother with it. One suggestion is to have the police trace the cell phone to a specific cell attennae during a time of day when they will be home, either early morning or later at night. This will narrow down the search to an area where they could triangulate the phone position to as little as a house or apartment building. I would recommend calling the police about this new information, and to try to get the information from the phone company, if you haven't already. I'm sorry for what's happening.

[yvr girl]

11. The cops have a pretty good idea who it is

They are full time fraud squad - this is what they do. I'm definitely keeping them in the loop.

The police came to my house for me to give my report and it was fairly late at night. I told them about a Home Depot card that I had received (and not applied for.) Home Depot's fraud department called me before I was out of bed the next morning, because they had been informed of the incident by the police. They seem to be very much on top of everything.

[TXlib]

10. ID theft is one of the crimes where my visceral desire for vengeance

is completely out of line with the magnitude of the crime.

I don't believe in capital punishment or torture -- when performed by the state.

But i would gleefully torture ID theft criminals to death very slowly with a song in my heart, and that is no exaggeration. Well, maybe a little.

Spammers and phishers, too.