11-15-2021 Monday Live Chat

garnetsilver said:
Hi, everyone. Totally exhausted because I have spent the past one and a half hours on the phone and/or online trying to deal with an identity theft incident. I came home from a doctor appointment, picked up my mail, and found that I had a new debit card at a bank that I don't have an account with!

So after ridiculous hold times, I finally got them to place a fraud alert on the new card, and then I proceeded to notify the identity theft government website. Following that, notifying the three credit bureaus, placing fraud alerts, etc.

Totally exhausted. How is everyone doing?
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I am so sorry to hear this Garnet
 
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Well, I played a video game and ate supper so I am a bit less stressed. I just can't believe that someone had enough of my personal info to open a bank account! The thing I can't understand is how they were going to get the debit card?:confused:
 
garnetsilver said:
Well, I played a video game and ate supper so I am a bit less stressed. I just can't believe that someone had enough of my personal info to open a bank account! The thing I can't understand is how they were going to get the debit card?:confused:
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So many hacked sites these days and our personal info gets sold on the dark web. Scary! Be sure to change any passwords that could be important, hon.
 
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Debi said:
So many hacked sites these days and our personal info gets sold on the dark web. Scary! Be sure to change any passwords that could be important, hon.
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Google did inform me some time ago that my identity had been compromised on the dark web, so I put freezes on all three credit bureau accounts. But apparently all you need is a social security number to open an account. I've got a list of places to notify; so stressful.
 
garnetsilver said:
Google did inform me some time ago that my identity had been compromised on the dark web, so I put freezes on all three credit bureau accounts. But apparently all you need is a social security number to open an account. I've got a list of places to notify; so stressful.
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Change those passwords, hon. Seriously.
 
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Hi Debi , Garnet. I was back in the library.
 
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