[pchelpers] Re: OT-Identity Theft-Follow Up

Hi "Lewis",

Wednesday, July 28, 2004, 1:19:04 PM, you wrote:

LMH> The caller informed me that the perpetrator on this matter did
LMH> not use my drivers license nor my social security number. This
LMH> incensed me enough that I interrupted the caller to tell her that
LMH> all I was interested in was making sure this was not reported to
LMH> a credit bureau and that I would never receive any communication
LMH> from them again. The caller said they did not report to a credit
LMH> bureau and the account would be zeroed and closed. I am not going
LMH> to go to the police station to report a crime where probably
LMH> someone took my name from the phone book. I usually check my bank
LMH> account and credit card account on a daily basis.

Seems like the bigger crime was on Cricket's part; might as well take
out a large billboard saying "COME TO CRICKET TO GET FREE SERVICE
UNDER OTHER PEOPLE'S NAMES!".

At least with pizza delivery, it's not an innocent bystander asked to
pay the bill; it's the pizza place itself.

You might ask the folks at the BBB about whether it's cricket to do
what they're doing. :)

At least with online credit card abuse, they have a credit card
number, name, address, and phone # (which they can cross-check with
the delivery address and blling address, and call if they're in
doubt), and most vendors are reluctant to ship to a different address
than the billing address of the card.

--Scott.

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