Identity theft, everyone watches the news and hears about how to protect themselves from it and the latest bust they had. Has it ever happened to you? It happened to me! When I was still living together with my husband I got a call from a creditor.
Someone used my information to get Direct TV for 6 months.. How they got a hold of my information is beyond me. The funny thing is that I had all the information I needed to get the low life that did this. I had the address and the time period that used the service and the cops couldn't. I give a big W, for a big whatever!
What inspired this post? If you guess a LifeTime Movie, you are correct! lol. I'm watching Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story. Great movie, it stars Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Jason London, and its based on a true story of course!
During my episode of identity theft, although not as crazy as Michelle's, still hurt me. The stress of dealing with the police department, changing your credit information, and red flagging your credit is just something no one should deal with. I hope that person that wanted Direct TV so bad, as to steal someones identity and information, got caught for something else and is suffering in jail.
Identify theft is so scary. They can do so much damage in such a short amount of time, and it takes so long to fix it.
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