Identity Theft by Quincy Smiley

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Identity Theft

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IDENTITY THEFT

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"An employer stole her employee's identity from Privacy Right Clearinghouse"

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Linda went to work for Bari in July of 1997. As part of the requirements for the job Bari asked Linda for her social security number, date of birth and a copy of her drivers license.One week after Linda started working Bari got a cell phone using Linda's personal information.

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Bari then went on to apply for credit cards in Linda's name. Bari used these credit cards and the cell phone for 5 months before Linda became aware of it. Linda found out when she received a final notice before collection in November 1997.

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Due to Linda's work with the local police department and district attorney Bari was prosecuted for identity theft.Linda still had to contact the credit bureaus to put a lock on her credit status for many years.

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John Harrison

Imagine the horror of waking up to news that you had accumulated hundreds of thousands in debt after someone used your identity for unauthorized purchases. This is exactly what happened to John Harrison, a Connecticut salesman. Jerry Phillips, the twenty year old who stole John Harrison’s identity went on a shopping spree that included purchases to Home Depot, JC Penny, Sears, Lowes and even bought two cars from Ford, a Kawasaki and a Harley. In just four months Jerry Phillips was able to accumulate $265,000 in purchases.

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Jerry Phillips was later arrested and imprisoned for three years. He even went as far as to apologize to John Harrison saying, “Sorry. You know, I wish I could make it up to you.” John Harrison felt that the nightmare was over with the criminal behind bars and even verbally acknowledging his regret over the crime. But despite all of this and a letter from the Justice Department confirming that John Harrison was a victim, he still found himself owing $140,000 to different creditors.

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Mr. Crouse
Crouse had some $900,000 dollars taken from his debit card in six months. He eventually figured out that it was probably keystroke malware that had infected his computer and allowed the criminals to obtain access to all his online accounts and commit fraud in his name. Mr. Crouse used his computer for online banking and shopping. After he found out that he had been a victim of identity fraud he opened a new bank account at a different bank and the criminals hacked that bank account the next day using information they obtained with the malware keylogger that they put on his computer. Crouse who had a doctorate in organizational psychology had worked with the FBI and Secret Service before this but was getting turned down for contract jobs because they said his credit reports were poor and his financial debts were increasing …

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1. Shouldn't give out too much information
2. Make sure your bank account is secure
3. Make sure you can trust the person before you give them any information

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Quincy Smiley