http://idtheftbusters.com Protect yourself from identity theft Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:07:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://idtheftbusters.com/my-brush-with-an-identity-thief/ http://idtheftbusters.com/my-brush-with-an-identity-thief/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:07:27 +0000 http://idtheftbusters.com/?p=94 I have had three experiences with identity theft. The first and second was not near as serious as the third but all three left me feeling violated and vulnerable. The first time it occurred was about 6 years ago. I was sitting at home on a Sunday afternoon watching football when the phone rang. The call was from one of my credit card companies. They were calling to inquire about whether I had made some large purchases at a local department store. Later I learned that a man had stolen my credit card number from my place of employment and was visiting local department stores posing as me and was making large purchases for all sorts of different types of merchandise.]]> http://idtheftbusters.com/my-brush-with-an-identity-thief/feed/ 0 http://idtheftbusters.com/i-paid-for-college-but-never-went/ http://idtheftbusters.com/i-paid-for-college-but-never-went/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:23:24 +0000 http://idtheftbusters.com/?p=57 Back in the very early 1980’s, I got a new job in a new city. The place that I went to work for set me up with a roommate who was also moving from different city. We were able to find an apartment together, and started our new employment. For me the ]]> http://idtheftbusters.com/i-paid-for-college-but-never-went/feed/ 0 http://idtheftbusters.com/my-credit-was-lost-when-i-needed-it-the-most/ http://idtheftbusters.com/my-credit-was-lost-when-i-needed-it-the-most/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:24:08 +0000 http://idtheftbusters.com/?p=54 My purse was stolen in November of 2002 and I was petrified I would suffer from Identity Theft. Of course I reported all of my credit cards stolen and called the bank to cancel all of the checks in my checkbook. For the next several years, I checked my credit report diligently but nothing ever appeared that was questionable. Naturally after years go by, you have a tendency to more or less forget the incident and go on about your life. Apparently that is what this thief was counting on; that I would eventually believe that nothing bad was going to come of my purse being stolen and I would stop checking my credit reports regularly. ]]> http://idtheftbusters.com/my-credit-was-lost-when-i-needed-it-the-most/feed/ 0