Question : Has anyone you know been the victim of Identity Fraud?
This crime has increased by 500% in the past 12mths.Average losses were 3000 pounds per person.So always destroy your Bank Statements and ATM Receipts.Fortunately the British Banks often refund monies stolen from you in this way.
- asked by jamjan100
All Answers:
Answer #1
yep my mother's best friend someone found a oldspedding ticket with all her info on it an chargedup #54,000.00 in her name. now she gets callssaying pay up or we will see you in court. it hasbeen hard to get her name cleared.
- answered by scooprandell
Answer #2
Yep. I was. But the person quickly gave up mystuff when they realized there had to be an easierway to get their hands on 39 bux.
- answered by krazykritik
Answer #3
Yes. I have A Philippine friend who hasn't beenin the Philippines for several years. She foundher Visa card being used all over the Philippines. In a couple of months she had some minor problemwith a card, and was so happy that when shecalled, the call center was in her homeland. Iinformed her , that that is how her Personalinformation got stolen. The *@#*! Card companyoutsourcing was responsible for the theft. Do youfeel safe that your personnel information ishandled in third world countries like India andPhilippines, where the legal system isn't thatgood???
- answered by slew
Answer #4
Yeah but before I answer you I'll need yourpostcode, your mothers maiden name and characters3, 4 and 6 from your password....
- answered by Pedro
Answer #5
Yes, the neighbours across the road from myparents' moved out and this woman and her sonmoved in. About 9 months later, the woman did amoonlight flit. Our dog then ran off and we foundit in this neighbour's back garden, eatingsomething or other. When we looked through thewindows, as you do, they had stripped the house ofEVERYTHING - kitchen, boiler, light fittings,skirtingboards, central heating, the lot. Theoriginal couple came round about a week after thatlooking for this woman. It turned out she had gothold of a bank statement and an electric bill forthem then set up accounts and credit cards, HP etcin their name then ran off without paying and theoriginal couple only found out they wereblacklisted when a bailiff traced them to theirnew address and knocked on the door. So it doesn'tonly happen with people putting their statementsunshredded in the bin. It also happens when somefilthy lowlife thief moves into your house afteryou and you haven't changed your address with thebank and utilities just before you move.
- answered by jacg
Answer #6
Yes. A customer cancelled a booking with merecently because he had just discovered he hadbeen a victim of identity fraud and his bankaccount had been cleaned out.He was utterlydistraught. It's a horrid crime.
- answered by Lunar_Chick
Answer #7
I'm a victim of identity theft. My husband boughtpoker chips online. Lo and behold, two days latersomeone used our credit card information to buy aMAC computer and a couple of things from anelectronics store. Thankfully, the Loss Managementteam from my bank was really helpful. They'veissued me new cards and reimbursed the moneywithin 48hrs. They've also kept watch on myaccount and kept in touch with me several times tomake sure my purchases are really my own.
- answered by sansa
Answer #8
Yep last year I cheaked my bank account to findthat i had been buying £200 worth of ladiespanties and other femine undergarments. Then Iapparetly ran over to the other side of Glasgowand bought a new leather jacket. Then i bought£50 of floor cleaner from an online store.Luckilythe bank of scotland was quick to refund my moneyand issue new card.Incidently this was my debitcard not my credit card.
- answered by deadbyday_uk
Answer #9
Yes, a year and a half ago, my boss found he hadlots of costs on his credit card that he did notspend himself, 7 days later I found that I had thesame on my bank account, except Barclays didn'ttell me for 3 days, so it allowed about an extra£800 to be taken out in the time that they postedthe letter to me. The following week my husbandhad the same happen to him, but Nat West were verygood to him. When Barclays eventually sent me anew debit card, which was supposed to be signedfor on delivery, the courier left it on the hallfloor. One of my neighbours clearly went off andhad a spending spree, a further £800 went out -and Barclays treated me like a criminal! I closedmy account that year following that experience.Weare actually very careful with our letters anddocuments and have always disposed of themcarefully and shred them. The biggest problems isRoyal Mail - leaving mail on hall floors anddelivering to the wrong addresses and alsoemploying gang members who steal your mail fromwithin the system - a big problem in London and itleaves you open to having your details stolen. Secondly criminal gangs who have plants in thevarious shops/bars etc that you use - don't ever,ever let your card go out of view - they will skimit and then take your money.So a lot of theproblem is banks and mail companies using shoddyservices and also allowing them to be infiltratedby criminal gangs.
- answered by VidaUK
Answer #10
not only have i been done for 2k both my parentshave been done three times! each time taking 3k alot of it on internet poker. my girlfriend has nowjust been done as well taking her over heroverdraft so she is now over 2k in the red. Howthe hell do they do it? is it just a coincidencethat the whole family has been done?
- answered by Sam E
Answer #11
Yes, a former lodger of mine stole my identitywhile living under my roof and took out 6 creditcards in my name! After all the trauma of monthswaiting for it to go to court, the perputrator wassent to jail for 4 years - was out in two - andall debts were wiped. A more fitting punishmentwould have been for him to be made to pay it allback. As for all the anguish and worry suffered byme, I was in no way compensated for it, and evenafter the debts were wiped, i was treated like acriminal by a certain money lender who refused tobelieve i was the victim! I had to prove myinnocence all over again. It's all wrong.
- answered by Stuart H
Answer #12
Yes, me! My identity was stolen when I applied foran in-store charge card. They were taking thedetails at the front of the shop and handing themto corrupt employees at the back of the shop.Imagine my surprise when I found out later that Ihad 'purchased' £2500 worth of computerequipment. Imagine even more surprise when Idiscovered a chap on his mobile standing outsidemy house ready to receive the goods beingdelivered to my home a few days later. If itwasn't for the vigilance of the on line Internetshop sales person he would have walked off with anew laptop. Given that we ended up knowing so muchabout this particular scam and some of the peopleinvolved, I'd be interested to know just why thepolice weren't interested in following it up...
- answered by nicknick
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