9 Things To Do When Your Identity Stolen

rosequeen -- When you stated, "They are most likely foreighners trying to get you to wire them money...." it brought to mind a call that one my roommates received early in the morning a few years back at 6 am about ME.  I was in bed asleep.  The caller (with an accent) said "Sonia has been kidnapped, her purse and all her belongings were taken in London, and she asked me to call you so you can send her some much needed money so she can come back home."  My roommate, came to my room, woke me up and she asked the caller to repeat the message so that "money could be sent to me, etc. (just to make the caller repeat the message).  I got on the phone and said, "[***], you are a liar because I am NOT in London nor anywhere else!!  I have just been woken up with you on the phone trying to scam my friends."  The jerk hung up.  A LOT of my friends received the same scam call about me.  Since they know me well, they KNEW it was a lie.  But, they all called me to tell me what happened.  Yes, there are scammers EVERYWHERE, even at the companies YOU CALL.  I called my phone carrier the other day about a so-called Locker which was going to be discontinued on a certain date.  Nothing they asked me to do worked.  But, what was really weird was when I was asked for my ID and Password.  Since I HAD CALLED THE COMPANY, I thought nothing of it and I had already been 1-1/2 hours on the phone with the "Tech Dept." trying to access the blasted "Locker." so I gave them my PW. NOTHING was accomplished on my end.  That is when I KNEW I had messed up, so I will have to change my PW.

Everyone BEWARE of scams even from companies you do business with and which YOU call about a problem.  You CAN be scammed by them too!!

Actually, its foreign scammers that are the worst. They try to be anything , including debt collectors for the government . And since there is too much IP spoofing, its one reason why the only number I give out is my google voice number. And if I don't think I either know the person, or they should not have the number, they will find their calls left unanswered. Deliberately and on purpose. When used properly, GV makes for a d*mn good bullsh!t filter.. And, collectors whom cant contact you and wont send data to your mail address to validate the debt are more than likely just scammers. Sometimes, scammers will go out of their way to use an intermediary to convince their mark that they are legit.. The intermediary may not know them as well as they think they do, always request documentation from collectors to validate their debt, or purchase of a debt. In some states, if the debt is not too old, you can even demand to deal with the original creditor [if its valid] and if its not, disposition them however you please within the boundaries of the law. Also, give them as little data as possible, if they are scammers, some may have a side rackett of ID theft going on as well.

First thing obviously is to change your phone number and make the number unlisted..
Second, go to the County Sheriff office where woman lives,  Bring her with to fill out a police report.  If the "niece" got the lady's money thru fraud, neice will owe woman and spend time, hopefully.
Get to the Sheriff.  Document everything too.  Date and time and event descriptions

I also got this and know that I need to reload the page. What is a "contlet token"?

I have a tenacious hacker, whom I know, who has hacked all my email accounts and 7 phones. 5 of the phones he did remotely. My thing is that he insists on doing things in my name using my information. I have traced some websites he is involved in and when you click on contact it goes directly into my you tube account or in my Facebook page. He records everything, takes pictures/videos, and backs up just about every key I touch. It's like we are joined at the hip 24-7. I've only hesitated going to the police because some of which he has taped is of a sensitive nature and am afraid of repercussions. This is still identity theft right?

Plus various assaults not listed!!!!! Who deserves all of that? Obviously the police were lied to and records were tampered with and altered.

i have noticed that too on these job search sights that you need to click and agree to calls from telemarketers. i refuse to agree to accepting emails, texts or cell phone calls.

I had my  identity stolen, but my credit was so bad the thief begged me to take it back.  Bada Bing!  No, seriously, my wife had her debit card information skimmed at a Kroger gas pump.  They cloned a new card, but didn't use it until she got her retirement check, then they bought a plane ticket from Little Rock to L.A.  Since the bank was that one in the southeast with the sickening pea green logo,  they would not give us a provisional credit like most other banks do.  She had to wait until their investigation was complete to get the money back.  Bank of America gives you a provisional credit, then investigates to see if it was fraud.

the LL is Lifelock and it would be in everyone's best interest to research them, certain courts decisions, what they were and what was ordered of them

Any call in question, hang up immediately.  If a call is important enough, you will be notified again .  Hang Up!
I like to take the numbers and just type the number i.e. Google, Alta-Vista...........numerous times I have
seen literally thousands of calls from this same number plus comments others have faced

Obtain pamphlet directly from FTC. Read entire contents.  The FTC will need a police report number only.  Police won't take a report.  The FTC will handle everything once you give them a police report number.   Dont talk with anyone  .  you will have to be patient .  read the entire contents of the pamphlet .

I have the same issue just close irreparable damage to that only my financial status but has impacted my health and my well-being is significantly is a 24 hour seven job try to remediate the situation since my mother has everything he said information necessary to impersonate me and I’ve lost close to $1 million my next step is to make a police report and called each credit union reporting ride which I have done in the past it is useless  reporting anything to your bank or a merchant or on your authorize restaurant since you’re not being reimbursed I’ve tried several times and moving if you have any other suggestions since you are last statement please let me know through this site thank you

Christy, the people claiming that you owe money have to provide the proof that it is you, so you don't have to prove anything. Anything on your credit report that isn't yours? Dispute it with the credit agency and they will give the debtor 30 days to prove that you owe the money. If they don't or can't then it comes off.

I was scammed 2 times my identy was and is stolen by two men ones name is Kurt william Schmidt from Saint James's Island in Charleston sc now he's CEO of private planes for rent in Columbia, Charleston,Aiken many more he's a theif..

I was scammed for over 50,000 on my credit cards and my personal credit. I had to file bankruptcy  November 1018 my credit score was almost 800 lieing thieves now they have cotton into my credit card I have and has put 1800 on a 700.00 card so I wish it could be explained how did they not help me I only spent 35.00 on the card the rest was stolen.. So my new year is not good I want them to go to prison.. But I have nothing so they are lieing dogs..If a guy named Johnson Lamar Gary or Gary lamar Johnson smith Gary lamar Johnson aka Dr smith..be ware