Find My ID
It's been nearly a month since the last update but there's a good reason - the requests to check records have increased substantially and between that, work, sleeping and eating, my 24 hours are up.
Often I'll check email late at night and there will be someone else who can't sleep, worried, and wants to know what's been printed online about them. How can you leave that until morning and just drift off?
More often than not, the email requests are containing horror stories of stolen identity and resulting nightmare consequences. These people want to know how and where. And more often than not, their information is found right there in their own county on the land registry website.
I heard an interesting story yesterday from a friend who mentioned a previous job as a fraud investigator with a cell phone company. "A .. what?" I asked? Why would a cell phone company need fraud investigators?
So as not to perpetuate any more crime than criminals have already thought of, I'll limit sharing our (incredible) conversation to ID theft related information.
"Oh, you know," he started, "like when people set up service by either making up a social security number or just swiping one off public websites."
I wanted to dial every register of deeds in America and ask him to repeat that statement to our elected officials who swear there is nothing wrong with what they're doing. But as I've stated many times before, they already know they're front men in this crime. They just don't care.
To catch a thief you have to think like a thief. Thank God the majority of us will never catch up to that line of thinking. The claim of my friend astounded me, though it shouldn't have. If there's a way to abuse personal information, it's being done. I just hadn't thought of cell phone accounts.
Some of you have been kind enough to speak with interested attorneys and I thank you sincerely. Understandably, people who have been victims of ID theft want to remain under the radar after such an incident, but we need to prove that this does happen and how it happens. If your land registry is posting your personal information online, they aren't blameless. They're just as guilty as the guy in the dark alley with his brief case open on the hood of his car and they should, and will, be punished.
If you notice unusual activity on your cell account or any unusual credit activity or new accounts, get in touch. We still check records free of charge and report only to you what we find. Email: FindMyID@mindspring.com
www.FindMyID.com
Often I'll check email late at night and there will be someone else who can't sleep, worried, and wants to know what's been printed online about them. How can you leave that until morning and just drift off?
More often than not, the email requests are containing horror stories of stolen identity and resulting nightmare consequences. These people want to know how and where. And more often than not, their information is found right there in their own county on the land registry website.
I heard an interesting story yesterday from a friend who mentioned a previous job as a fraud investigator with a cell phone company. "A .. what?" I asked? Why would a cell phone company need fraud investigators?
So as not to perpetuate any more crime than criminals have already thought of, I'll limit sharing our (incredible) conversation to ID theft related information.
"Oh, you know," he started, "like when people set up service by either making up a social security number or just swiping one off public websites."
I wanted to dial every register of deeds in America and ask him to repeat that statement to our elected officials who swear there is nothing wrong with what they're doing. But as I've stated many times before, they already know they're front men in this crime. They just don't care.
To catch a thief you have to think like a thief. Thank God the majority of us will never catch up to that line of thinking. The claim of my friend astounded me, though it shouldn't have. If there's a way to abuse personal information, it's being done. I just hadn't thought of cell phone accounts.
Some of you have been kind enough to speak with interested attorneys and I thank you sincerely. Understandably, people who have been victims of ID theft want to remain under the radar after such an incident, but we need to prove that this does happen and how it happens. If your land registry is posting your personal information online, they aren't blameless. They're just as guilty as the guy in the dark alley with his brief case open on the hood of his car and they should, and will, be punished.
If you notice unusual activity on your cell account or any unusual credit activity or new accounts, get in touch. We still check records free of charge and report only to you what we find. Email: FindMyID@mindspring.com
www.FindMyID.com
posted by Happy at 3:25 PM
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