Who the hell would want to steal MY identity?! (rant-tastic) (836 hits)
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Submitted by shadow (View user info) at 2006-05-17 12:43:06 EDT
I should have been a thief. Why? It's simple; it's easy and people get away with it everyday. Last Friday for example; I got a call from Verio thanking me for my purchase of a domain name and Unix package, funny thing is I made no such purchase. So I get the domain name and the dummy yahoo email address they used, and called my bank to freeze the card. As it turns out, since at least the tenth of May the thieves have been busy little beavers buying products for their website on my dime. The little assmunchers apparently even changed my username and password on Mastercard's "high tech" encrypted user login and locked me out. For shit's sake I'm already in debt you turds!
If this were the first time I would have been shocked, maybe even afraid, but now I'm just pissed off.
The first attempt made to steal my identity came in 2002 down at old College Park, UMD, where your social security number is your student id number. Some intrepid little jackhole grabbed, who knows, a few thousand social security numbers from exam postings around campus and used them to get Bank of America Visas. They misspelled my last name, and when I got word from Bank of America it was taken care of rather quickly.
The next incident came I believe in 2004, when I got a brand new visa check card and a friendly letter from my bank explaining that someone had hacked into Visa's server and stolen about 400 card numbers before they were stopped. The bank took care of it before I even knew there was a problem, and closed my account before some no-good-nick got to spend that $14 I had been saving up.
Had a bad check for $3000 written to my Mastercard by a flatmate who owed back rent, one day before he skipped town. As a bonus Mastercard slapped me with a returned check fee and a missed payment fee (despite the fact that I had made multiple payments that month) and raised my interest rate by 2%. Thanks, dicks.
I was included in a lawsuit between my old employer at the auto center and an insurance company when someone used a fake id and a duplicate credit card to buy $12,000 in wheels and tires from me then wrecked the vehicle they were installed on. Fortunately I was found to have no fault in the incident and I even got to keep my labor/sales commission, w00t.
It happens all the time, all over the world. It could happen to you, and I don't care how secure your bank claims their network is, it's all a matter of numbers and patience to crack their defenses and get everything they ever wanted to know about you and your finances.
So my account is frozen. That sucks because I got rid of all other sources of credit when I got my new loan @ 8% APR. I wonder if the thieves know that I'm $16,000 in debt and can barely afford to pay the rent. I wonder if they realize I eat Ramen noodles (10 pack for $1) as my main staple of food. Meh, they probably wouldn't give a crap if they did know.
Well, I got the domain name and the dummy yahoo address that they used, not that it means anything, just a string of gibberish letters. It's probably a bot or replicating program, with a real person monitoring without interacting. Nevertheless if any of you L337 H@X0R5 out there want to try to find them, send me an email ubershadow.at.hotmail.com and I'll give you what I got. I already turned all of the info over to the appropriate authorities at my credit card's fraud department and Yahoo.
The only thing I'm really worried about at this point is whether or not they have my social security number, if not, then whatever, let the fraud guys handle it; if so then I'm boned and this will just be the start of my troubles. Ah bloody hell, there's really nothing I can do about it but it's causing me a critical level of stress, especially since I know they got my full name, my home address, my cell phone number, my card number, the expiration date and the signature id number, which is a pretty detailed bit of info., who's to say they didn't get the whole nine yards?
Arrrgghhh! It just makes me so Angry!!!
Guess I'll be checking the mail for that affidavit and statement... hope it comes fast.
Oh, and Happy Wednesday everybody.
User Reviews
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2006-05-17 19:37:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-05-17 14:16:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
just have shitty credit - that way, you are always denied and so are the identity hijackers - FOILED!
Submitted by _SuSpEcT_ (user info) at 2006-05-17 14:14:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Who doesnt want to steal identities? that is my fav passtime! lol jk good post though
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2006-05-17 14:10:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
stabkill, american cheese on ramen noodles?
that is dag nasty.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-05-17 13:53:18 EDT (#)
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You have to move up to the "good" ramen. It is usually in the import foods area and it is called "shin ramen" (Pronounced Ra-Myun in Korean) and that is like the total shiznit.
Take the nooodles out, toss them in a bowl and toss a piece of American cheese on it and then pour the soup on top if it. Have some rice on the side to dip into it also...freaking awesome.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-05-17 13:37:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Empathy +2 - some dick did the same thing with my Discover card and eBay/Paypal account three or four years ago and tried to rack up about $800 in charges, but fortunately Discover security caught it and I didn't owe a dime. But I still had to close the accounts and open new ones, which is a royal pain. Especially since I had so much pos feedback on my eBay account.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2006-05-17 13:07:49 EDT (#)
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Submitted by COMountain (user info) at 2006-05-17 13:03:53 (#)
Ranking: 2
That's fuckin' weak man. WEAK.
It's a good thing I buy everything with cash since I royally raped my credit score back in college. I don't have to deal with this bullshit.
If someone is able to track down this prick, let me know... it's been a while since I've given a well deserved curbing.
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you got it, but I get first the shot I CALLS IT!
Submitted by COMountain (user info) at 2006-05-17 13:03:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That's fuckin' weak man. WEAK.
It's a good thing I buy everything with cash since I royally raped my credit score back in college. I don't have to deal with this bullshit.
If someone is able to track down this prick, let me know... it's been a while since I've given a well deserved curbing.
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-05-17 13:00:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Somehow last year got ahold of my debit card number and used it to make 3 transactions in a grand total of $18.
I was rather insulted.
Oh yeah and it was an internet fuck buddy thing. So if ya'll see my pic or my gratuatious cleavage shots on any of those type of sites (not that ya'll go there) kindly let me know.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2006-05-17 12:49:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
thanks retro, I'll look into that
Submitted by WildcatMcGee (user info) at 2006-05-17 12:49:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Pity +2 for getting fucked in the ass by strangers. Kind of like the guy that owned the Corvette in The Big Lebowski.
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2006-05-17 12:47:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
As rants go, this was rather tepid. But I pity your situation, so have a +2. Sadly, you can't buy anything with it.
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-05-17 12:47:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
call 877 438 4338 its the id theft hotline. they can help you
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2006-05-17 12:47:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
fuck me