Hello all,

I recently figured out that my SSN has been compromised. I believe one of my close friends performed this act of fraud through my Drivers License and my Old Canceled Debit Card.

I didn’t run a credit check because it won’t let me perform it.

To the point I got thus far on equifax it stated that I have had a mortgage since 2004 November.

I don’t recall ever having a mortgage for I am 19 years of age.

How do I find out for sure who’s using my info ?

Also after that is found out may I press charges on thus family for I would be happy to see them squander in prison where they belong.

If anyone has any advice on this topic it would be greatly appreciated.

My suspicion started not to long ago when I was at this family’s house and the son keylogged me to attempt to steal my email’s password while I was recovering my Xbox live account for I am guilty of wasting hours playing video games. This raised some suspicion. So I wiped all temp files clean and uninstantiated the hidden key logger.

He isn’t as tech savvy as me so he didn’t realize of my discovery.

I am quite frustrated for I have been friends with this kid for 7 years.

I have recived mail from MEGA MILLION LOTTERY that i have won 1 million us dollar and i had to send my adderess and cell number after that they had send me certificate of that then they asked for bank account no. so that they could transfer money to my bank account .then they asked me to come to south africa to sign the fund release document or to contact the lawyer whose email adderess was given.When i contacted the lawyer he asked for 960 dollars as advance for signing the document on my behalf.
Is it a fraud or i should send the money?

I’m sorry if i really shouldn’t be asking this question. But could anyone give me some personal advice through email about my bank account. I have had money taken out my account which was not me but the bank’s fraud people have rejected my claim back for the money x

My friend clicked a link in this email asking me if i wanted to see who’d blocked me. It took her to a site where she filled in my email and password. Now everyone on my contact list is getting emails from me identical to the one i received first! Is there a way to stop this?

who do you get to investigate if a fraud has been committed over the internet?
I got an email saying i had a down-line of so many people and that if i paid the fee to join up, i would get a cheque of 00.00 commission.
so i paid the .00 joining fee only to discover that there is no commission awaiting me.
so i was angry like anyone would be.
can ib report this to anyone?
PLEASE PLEASE HELP.
An unemployed father of three children.
"How can anyone do this" "disgusting"!!!

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I have a couple who rents our home for 32 a month. They sent me an email saying they were moving out due to various reasons, and they also stopped payment on 2 post dated checks I received from them. I cashed them when they were due, and then they were sent back to me for stop payment. We all live in OH. They are moving to KY next weekend. I read that I cannot prosecute a stop payment check because they are not considered bad checks. I can however get a lawyer and take them to small claims court. This is what I read? Is it true? I want to file charges of check fraud against them. Can I? Thanks for any help. The checks equal to be 32 plus now I have bank fees for them being returned.

Our company recently hired a programmer that responded to us on a Craigs List posting to do some work (we are an design firm). The terms were agreed upon in email and in conversation. The programmer requested a check deposit before starting which I agreed to since this was our first project. I did hand the check to him and he has since not returned any voicemails and emails for more than a week. The deadline for the job has come and gone in the meantime. We also found out that he cashed the check at a cash exchange.

Could we ever get any money back by reporting him to police?
Would police be better than lawyer (it isn’t enough money to get lawyers involved).

Opinions please? Anyone have a similiar experience?

It sure does sound like fraud as it looks like he never had any intent to start the project.

Oh, I forgot to mention – I also wrote on the check that it was a 1/2 deposit for the particular project and listed it by name (in case that matters at all).

I received a phishing email and reported it to phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com, but I only received an email that said they would respond in 48 hours. I never received a response even after an entire week has passed. Is there somewhere else I should report the email to since yahoo didn’t respond?

(COLA is cost of living adjustment it’s a yearly raise for Social Security beneficiaries to account for inflation and expecting bills to go up for the new year as well.)

This is the worst time of the economy to do this…..the bills in 2010 and 2011 will still go up but now their income won’t.

They claim that they make up with it with a one-time 0.00 payment in 2009 (2010 for some).

How about suspending the COLA for members of Congress (who by the way vote yes every year to give themselves substantial raises in salary) or the COLA for federal employees who receive substantial salaries (I used to be a federal employee so I know they make good money)? Rather than the people who need it the most.

If you oppose this, send a simple email to your Senators and Representatives or you can write a letter in more detail asking them to oppose the no cost of living adjustment for 2010-2011 for SSA recipients. Here is a template that will help if you need ideas or guidelines for your letter or email: http://www.ncpssm.org/pdf/cola_senate_20… and if you need assistance in locating the Representatives and Senators for your state and districts go to http://www.congress.gov. Please write to all your Reps and Senators despite their or your political affiliation.

Please don’t comment or answer if nothing like this has ever happened to you and all you want to do is complain about people on SSA or the system itself because no one cares. Speak from experience only if you have been on SSA or are currently on SSA. I don’t want to hear from those who have no experience in dealing with SSA or have never had to use it.

SSA is NOT a scam I used to work there, I know every detail how it works. The problem is there isn’t enough money for the generation after the baby boomers. However this decision not to pay the COLA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SSA SYSTEM or its debt! They are trying to save money but instead could be taking the COLA from the rich congressmen and representatives or take the COLA from federal employees who make good money anyway. SSA was created to help the people not to hurt them. I wouldn’t want to live in a country where we didn’t take care of our sick, poor, or aged. This is mostly regarding the disabled which is unexpected. Most elderly did save for retirement but its not enough or recent invest scams or IRA that isn’t worth anything due to economy plummeting.

Get involved against taking the COLA from SSA and SSI recipients by emailing or writing your Representative or Senator with the info above. you can also email CREDO at info@credo action.com to ask them to get involved against taking the only raise from SSA beneficiaries when our bills will still go up. GET INVOLVED ESPECIALLY those who are on the program. This effects you so I hope you decide to get involved and do what you can to get this decision reversed!!!!!

Focus on the issue of taking the only raise from SSA recipients. They are doing this to pay for health care reform and the national debt and they are not put it back in to the SSA system. That wouldn’t even make a dent.

Instead of talking about the SSA system itself, lets talk specifically about taking the COLA from the people who need it the most on SSA.
I think you have it backwards on this one, he is taking from the poor in this case to pay for health care and our debt.

(COLA is cost of living adjustment it’s a yearly raise for Social Security beneficiaries to account for inflation and expecting bills to go up for the new year as well.)

This is the worst time of the economy to do this…..the bills in 2010 and 2011 will still go up but now their income won’t.

They claim that they make up with it with a one-time 0.00 payment in 2009 (2010 for some).

How about suspending the COLA for members of Congress (who by the way vote yes every year to give themselves substantial raises in salary) or the COLA for federal employees who receive substantial salaries (I used to be a federal employee so I know they make good money)? Rather than the people who need it the most.

If you oppose this, send a simple email to your Senators and Representatives or you can write a letter in more detail asking them to oppose the no cost of living adjustment for 2010-2011 for SSA recipients. Here is a template that will help if you need ideas or guidelines for your letter or email: http://www.ncpssm.org/pdf/cola_senate_20… and if you need assistance in locating the Representatives and Senators for your state and districts go to http://www.congress.gov. Please write to all your Reps and Senators despite their or your political affiliation.

Please don’t comment or answer if nothing like this has ever happened to you and all you want to do is complain about people on SSA or the system itself because no one cares. Speak from experience only if you have been on SSA or are currently on SSA. I don’t want to hear from those who have no experience in dealing with SSA or have never had to use it.

SSA is NOT a scam I used to work there, I know every detail how it works. The problem is there isn’t enough money for the generation after the baby boomers. However this decision not to pay the COLA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SSA SYSTEM or its debt! They are trying to save money but instead could be taking the COLA from the rich congressmen and representatives or take the COLA from federal employees who make good money anyway. SSA was created to help the people not to hurt them. I wouldn’t want to live in a country where we didn’t take care of our sick, poor, or aged. This is mostly regarding the disabled which is unexpected. Most elderly did save for retirement but its not enough or recent invest scams or IRA that isn’t worth anything due to economy plummeting.

Get involved against taking the COLA from SSA and SSI recipients by emailing or writing your Representative or Senator with the info above. you can also email CREDO at info@credo action.com to ask them to get involved against taking the only raise from SSA beneficiaries when our bills will still go up. GET INVOLVED ESPECIALLY those who are on the program. This effects you so I hope you decide to get involved and do what you can to get this decision reversed!!!!!

Focus on the issue of taking the only raise from SSA recipients. They are doing this to pay for health care reform and the national debt and they are not put it back in to the SSA system. That wouldn’t even make a dent.

Instead of talking about the SSA system itself, lets talk specifically about taking the COLA from the people who need it the most on SSA.

Back on July 1st I ordered a scooter form a web site. The website stated the shipping time would be short but went it over thirteen days without telling me the delay. I then sent an email asking them the status of the order. I was then informed that it wasn’t in stock and was given three options;1. Wait for it, 2.Order a substitute, and 3.Cancel the order, I chose three and sent a follow up asking them about my refund and they told me it was competed (July 23rd).

On September 18th I received an email from them stating the order was actually shipped and that I canceled it if I have the scooter to return or pay for it.At this point I felt it was not needed to respond to them since I never got the item. On January 31st I got an email with them stating the it was sent and since I cancel the order it was charged back they consider the scooter stolen and the transaction fraud and will report me to the authorities if I don’t respond promptly.

Aside from me printing out my correspondence with the company,getting my transaction statement from the time of the charge and refund, and talking to them to inform me of which freighter company sent the scooter, when was it sent as this was not referenced in none of the emails I have with them, and who signed for the delivery as there only my mother here with me.

What should I do?
The card I used was prepaid so the fund were taken out at the time of purchase
Its in the store in Ohio and I’m in DC. The card I used for the order was canceled two month due to odd charges.. now that could be related…

I have recently received an email and 2 letters stating that I have been denied credit that I did not apply for. I have called 2 of 3 companies and they stated that the application was done online with all of my exact information including, ss#, address, home phone, full name. Both stated there is nothing I could really do except put a fraud alert on my credit reports? Have I been a victim of fraud or identity theft? Is there anything further I can do to protect myself?

I was bidding on a PropertyRoom.com auction and won the item I was bidding on. After winning another bidder compaline3d about my log-in name "Sorry Auction Closed". Propertyroom suspended my login and sent an email notifying me that I was in violation of the user agreement. However they said, via email, they would honor the auction since I was the high bidder. They processed a payment for the total auction amount of 508.80 and that amount was charged to my credit card. When they notified me of the charge I sent an email telling them I accept and I would pick up the item on a specific day. Now 6 days later, user agreement allows for 10 days to pick-up, they notify through email they have changed their minds and will not honor their original auction award. They have made an attempt to refund the original charge. What gives? Do I have a case against them for breach of contract? There was an offer, both parties accepted the offer and consideration was tendered. Any legal minds out there have any advice. I understand their issue but their resolution really put the cart before the horse. The item I purchased has substantial value to me and I would like to fight them.

I got the person’s email and I searched google and it just amazes me how much information I got on the person. How can I report it?

I had a disagreement with one of my neighbors about the way she spoke to my child(called my 5 year old a ‘liar’ in front of my face). It was a ridiculous e-mail argument because although we live in the same apt complex, she chose to confront me by email. The whole thing was weird because we never had any bad blood with each other up until this point-and even though I was ticked off about the way she spoke to my child, I didn’t even approach her about it. Long story short, I guess she was really upset with me because in my last email to her I asked her to stop being juvenile(she’s at least 10 yrs my senior)..,I get a suprise email today saying that she reported me to DFACS and Section 8 for fraud because my boyfriend/child’s father lives with me and I work. What she doesn’t know is that I’ve already reported my earnings to DFACS-and they still accepted me for foodstamps/medicaid. No, they don’t know about my child’s father because we were waiting for his citizenship-which he just—
earned earlier this year. She mentioned something about ‘abusing the system’. We drive a broke down 94 Lincoln Towncar, we live in the same beat down ghetto apts for the past year and a half, our house is furnished by stuff my boyfriend finds when he cleans out apts as a maintenance man-the list goes on. We can barely afford to pay all of our bills, let alone anything else…yes, I witheld his living here because he still has 2 children in his country from a previous relationship he supports who he’s trying to bring here and my child will never be able to meet her brother and sister if her dad becomes a ‘public charge’. We want so much to tell DFACS and Section 8 about our situation(in fact we’d love to-because we could really use more help) but can’t because of the way the system’s set up….We were just going to take our chances though, and tell DFACS and Section 8 everything in 2 weeks-when we saved enough money to pay back rent. But now this chick is trying to put me in jail….
without knowing the whole story. I think she just sees me as one of these crazy people who are just trying to get over on the system and not someone who actually needs it…perhaps because she sees my daughter with nice clothes-she doesn’t know, I shop @ Walmart for her. She sees me in nice clothes-these are things I’ve accumalated from way before I had my child and I keep my things nice because I’m too poor to afford replacements. I don’t have any fancy jewelry, and if I do wear jewelry it’s stuff I bought from the 99cent store. What is with these kind of people? We are just trying to get on our feet and Lord knows enough of our taxes have been payed into the system to last 3 lifetimes-we are hard working people just struggling to get by. What is with this kind of person? Why does she feel the need to destroy my livelihood because of what she thinks, instead of just asking me?

Have received suspect Email

I got a email, from Thailand , stating I won an large amt of money, they are supposedly link with yahoo international, I think fraud who do I report this too…Thanks

Sorry if this is too much info. Just wanted to be sure that I cover everything.

During the fall and winter I run an online children’s boutique. We specialize in higher end children’s items and mostly pettiskirts. I was contacted in January by someone wanting to place a 0 order for skirts going from the states to Singapore. The items were paid for through Paypal and drop shipped to the buyer by the skirt manufacturer. I placed an order, with the manufacturer, for my own children and did so for several other customers as well. All have confirmed that they received their skirts within a week. I am now, more than 5 months later, being contacted by the Singapore buyer who claims she never received hers. Again, more than 5 months later!!! She attempted filing with Paypal but they immediately closed the claim due to it being so long after purchase. However, they did mention that she could file directly with her credit card company and could still be refunded!!! I am so upset. I do not run my boutique through Summer months in order to spend time with my children when they are not in school. Each summer I delete all of my order information, emails, files, etc., so I can get a fresh start the next fall. This has kept things more organized for me up until now. Due to it being so long without hearing from anyone, I no longer have the shipping information. The only thing that I have is the email in which I sent when the order was shipped in January 14th. So now to the question…….Can she really get her money back after this long? In my opinion she should not be able to because there is no reason why she should not have contacted me earlier if she did not receive her order. Infact, I had told her only it would only take a couple of weeks when she first contacted me. I am wondering if she is trying to scam "me" considering the situation and the fact that she is from another country. At this point I no longer have the profit that I made on the skirts to refund her. I am a stay at home mom and with the site being closed through the summer, I have no extra money myself. What can I do? Any information on this or advise would be greatly appreciated!!!
Just to follow up with MEG D….. As I mentioned, I no longer have record of anything except for the email in my sent folder confirming to her that the order had shipped. The skirt was drop shipped direct from the manufacturer and they no longer have the information after this long. We are talking 1/2 a year later! They do have the order sheet where it was highlighted when the package was on the shipping table and another sheet that was highlighted once it was on the truck. So it definitely went out. They also print labels direct rather than retyping them or hand writing them so no error with the address. Hopefully you are right about the card company. I honestly do not have the money to loose with this. Thanks so much for your time!!

Theres this friend of mine who hacked into his bfs email and found out he was cheating. Now, he is getting back at my friend telling her that its identity theft and she will answer to the police.

The issue I have: I puchased airline tickets through an internet portal, cheapoair, was sent a confirmation detail via email of charges processed to my credit card and the itinerarythat I selected . Paper tickets were issued, but with a connecting flight that was not what we selected and in fact chose not to take even for a lesser price because of a massive layover. Calls to the C.S department yield nothing, no calls were returned, and when I was finally connected to a someone in charge I was told a manager was not available. So the meat and potatos of it is that I eventually was told that there was a communication between the airline carrier and the web service that said the flight was no longer available. I was never consulted about these other flights, and my credit card was still charged the original amount, even though the flight that we were newly assigned to was cheaper. Do I have a breach of contract case here

I was recently sent an email which was clearly fraudulent. It gave the name of one of my classmates (who sits next to me at my high school) who is, apparently "in a devastating state" and needs 1700 Euros. Obviously, since I live in the US, and my classmate is not a British adult, I knew it was fraudulent.

BUT THE "FROM" EMAIL WAS THE EMAIL OF MY CLASSMATE!
For this reason, it is nearly impossible for me to report the email. Any suggestions? Hopefully people won’t fall for this scam, but it’s been known to happen…

My friend and I sent an email to another kid, saying that they failed 8th grade. My friend set it up so that it looked like it was from the school. Now somehow that kid that we sent it to found out and is saying I broke the law. I looked it up, and it could be considered identity theft, but that is more stealing credit card numbers, etc. I am a minor. What do you think?
OK, i know it was dumb, so you don’t have to tell me that.

On snagajob.com you put in ur zip code & it gives u a huge list of places nearby that are hiring. i’ve applied almost everywhere in my city and still no luck. But i got a call and email about a telemarketer-type position with a company called ASP (they sell dental insruance). All u have 2 do is a background check and then you’ve got the job. So i asked what the catch was and the lady said technically there isn’t one but they make u pay 4 ur own b/g check, . BUT if u can’t afford it you can get 10 clients interested (meaning they at least register on the site for more info) instead and that will have payed for ur b/g check. i’m prolly gonna do that but still, the lady said i could make about 0 a week once i get the hang of things, and it sounds too good 2 be true. But they’re registered with the better business beaurau. (under "ASI" cuz thats what the company name used to be). i wanna go for it, just a bit nervous. Snagajob.com did have 2 scam "jobs" as a survey taker & airline tickets seller which we all know is fake, but so far those are the only frauds i’ve come across. Ne1 had experience in telemarketing in the US or with this company? Thanks.
BOTH ASP & ASI is registered with BBB, 4got 2 mention that. Once they chnged their name to ASP, it was again registered with BBB.

I believe that i have been a victim of an internet scam. I recieved an email stating that I had won a lottery and to contact the fiduciary agent. Who or what agency can I report this to? I have lost approx 00 in this scam and i am quite irritated. Any suggestions on how to go about correcting this and insuring that others do not get scammed by this. Any suggestions other that I was an idiot….. I already have figured out that one.