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echo: barktopus
to: Glenn Meadows
from: Geo
date: 2006-05-28 11:36:50
subject: Re: Every veteran discharged after 1975 subject to identity theft.

From: "Geo" 

Is someone using your credit card really identity theft (thought that was
just fraud)? I though it was when someone pretended to be you and opened a
bunch of credit card accounts in your name?

Geo.

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:4476146d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Oh, and about 5 years ago, someone scammed one of my CC numbers, and
started
> making charges on my Visa account.  Caught it the second month, when I
> looked closely, and saw a monthly charge for an EarthLink account, which I
> never had.
>
> While I was on the phone with their Fraud department, a charge attempt
came
> in from MacMall.com, which the lady asked if I was purchasing something
> right then.  Told her no, which was when they shut the card down.
>
> Took a couple of months of back and forth, but I eventually got all the
> charges and interest taken off the card.  Not a fun time, at all.
> --
>
> Glenn M.

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