From: "Glenn Meadows" 

They didn't steal the card, stole the account number, and pretended to be
me, using my name to buy things.  As far as I was concerned, they stole my
identity along with the number.

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Glenn M.
"Geo"  wrote in message news:4479c72c{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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.
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>>
>> Glenn M.
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>
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