What can one do if they are the victims of online identity fraud and libel?

I want to take legal action against someone I believe created a fictitious MySpace page using my name, my picture and my personal information. They even added friends and family members and e-mailed them pretending to be me; writing e-mails that insinuate terrible things. A family member that responded to the e-mails shared very private personal information. This phony MySpace page has been an active page for months – I’ve only found out about it now.

I’m not a law guru and internet law is so new that I’m unsure of what’s what. I know that my identity was stolen to get personal information and also as a means to defame my character. I have the e-mails which say malicious and untrue things.

I have a good idea who did this. However, how do I proceed if I want to take legal action? How do I track the IP address of the person who created the site? This is very distressing for me. Thanks for your suggestions!

What can one do if they are the victims of online identity fraud and libel?

I want to take legal action against someone I believe created a fictitious MySpace page using my name, my picture and my personal information. They even added friends and family members and e-mailed them pretending to be me; writing e-mails that insinuate terrible things. A family member that responded to the e-mails shared very private personal information. This phony MySpace page has been an active page for months – I’ve only found out about it now.

I’m not a law guru and internet law is so new that I’m unsure of what’s what. I know that my identity was stolen to get personal information and also as a means to defame my character. I have the e-mails which say malicious and untrue things.

I have a good idea who did this. However, how do I proceed if I want to take legal action? How do I track the IP address of the person who created the site? This is very distressing for me. Thanks for your suggestions!

A quit claim deed transferred real property from one party to an executrices so that the equity of the real property would not be used for the owner’s medical bills. The family was told that there was a will executed by the original owner of the property to be disseminate to the owner’s children in the event of death.

The original owner has pass away and the executrices has now claims that the total estate including the real property is all hers.

There is no record of the will in probate court or records, but prior to the death of the original owner the family had seem the will and has knowledge of the contents of the will, but the original copy was taken by the executrices; family members who were willed the property have maintained the property according to the wishes of the owner as well as paid taxes and property insurance. At the time of the transfer no one questioned the executrices because she is a family member.

Now, she has claimed that the documents that are required to prove she commented fraud are buried and time has given her the rights to the property and she transferred it to her two adult children.

The medi-cal documents were completed sometime in 1993 and the owner passed 12 years ago. The property had been transferred in segments co-owners they the original owner need major medical surgery so the entire property was transfer to the executrices now the family is concern that they have lost the gift of their mother and will be responsible for any accrued debt that will have to be paid back.

Also, is this one crime or two?

So, is there a status of limitation? I have researched the Medi-cal website but it does not cover what is fraud nor does it state a limitation.

Thank you for real answers.
In answer to your question the family has continue to ask the executrices for the will, but she has claimed that it did not exist no one knew who the attorney was who wrote the will but a lead was found but the attorney has stated that the deceased only made inquiries about a will and they did not have it filed. The same attorney mentioned that the probate does not began until it get filed in probate court so an appointment has been made, because it is believed that the cost of the medi-cal is more than the property is worth.

I recently discoverd that someone ( a family member) has been using my social securtiy number to obtain credit cards, and to open accounts. How do i explain to companies that despite the fact that I resided in the residences that had the accounts open, I was unaware of the fraudulent activities?

ok so in short a family member who I am very close to has committed credit fraud against me by taking out 3 credit cards in my name and then essentially effing up my credit to about as low as it can get.

Now, I want this fixed and know I have to deal with the courts to get my name cleared. My problem is that I DO NOT want this person to go to jail. Even with how horrible and bad this is going to be. Is there a way for me to get my credit cleared without having the banks press charges or this person to have to have jail time?

please help! thanks!

Have a family member harassing me by changing my address every few weeks, ordering massive magazines, etc. under my name and my spouses. Local police won’t do anything as crime was done cross country. Postal inspector doesn’t seem too up on arresting this person, although he assures me it’s a felony. My mail has been routed all over – and I keep hitting brick walls. Filed internet fraud complaint with fbi as well. Ideas on what to do? I’m fed up!

Believe a family member is profiting by selling items belonging to my parents.

i had a family member pile up a whole lot of credit fraud while i was deployed in iraq. its been a couple years sine then and i still don’t have all of it gone. i got a police report done, and i gave the number to all who i was able to contact. But, some places don’t exist any more. they have no address, and the number no longer work. All i need is two more parts of bad credit gone and my credit will become good enough to buy a house. I need some help, i don’t know where else to turn.

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A family member of mine, my cousin, is being charge with a few counts of credit card fraud. He, nor I, knows what he faces, probation, hard time, or what not….does anyone know of any basic law and consequence sites? So I may inform him of where he could look.
He has a lawyer and an attorney, but they said they are not sure…this is his first offense, and it was two counts on same night. The amounts were 300+ and 500 +

I have a family member who works for a very large corporation. she is 47 years old and not close to retirement. she is looking to be able to "qualify" for medical disability so she can spend 6 months a year in a warm climate with her husband who is retired. she has been fabricating medical symptoms and even going as far as to use over the counter medication to cause these symptoms that would be visible to her doctors. she has been given a 3 month leave by her doctor right now and this doctor said if they cannot find the cause and/or treatment of this "pain" and other symptoms, they are going to file for full time medical disabiliy with her employer. what exactly is this type of fraud called, and what department of a large corporation could i contact to report it anonymously? (such as human resources maybe???)

I have a family member who was victimized by one of those email 419 scams. what are legal consequences? best answer 10 points..thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_fraud

well what happened was they asked her to deposit money into her account and transer a larger portion..can she be held accountable

There is a local store that is in financial trouble. They sold a gift card to a family member that paid with cash, now the store will not honor that gift card even though they still have merchandise.

Wouldn’t this be considered fraud since they in essence promised to deliver something in exchange of the card?

Ok, so 2 months ago, family member of mine (we will call him Bob) stole my mothers debit card on several occasion and withdrew money from her account, she didn’t catch "Bob" till after he had already taken 900 dollars from her, over a period of time. he would take her card, then replace it so she wouldn’t notice, but she went to use it and it was gone, so it was then that she knew exactly who done it, "Bob" has a history of theft and has been in and out of jail for the past 10 years or more. I lost count!!! So after he was caught, my mother called police and she contacted her bank and filled a fraud case or whatever its called, and an investigation was then opened. after several days the detective informed my mother that "Bob’ was seen on all the video tapes at each ATM machine. Bob was never arrested for the charge, for some stupid reason the detective said he was going to give Bob an chance to turn himself in and admit to the charges before he sent out a warrant. Well that was a mistake, cause after Bob got word, he ran. he took his 2 kids, and baby momma, and they all ran. 9 they where living with my mother cause they are sorry losers who dont work and draw off the system) bob and his girlfriend are both wanted by the child protective services also for child neglect.

ok so here is teh question…. Bob and i spoke today through an email, and he seems to think that if he stays gone for 90 days, the charges and teh warrant will disappear as if they didn’t happen. He has gotten information from friends that are about as sorry as he is. They are telling him that after 90 days the charges are dropped some sort of way cause they can only carry the charges for 90 days. does anyone know anything about this, and is this true? I mean, how can someone steal, basically rob a bank ATM and commit fraud, and all they have to do is run for 90 days, and then its all peachy? after he has a record a mile long of theft and drugs…That makes no sense to me, and i didn’t believe it for a second.

We have been caring for a child who is not ours since Nov 2007. Her mom (volatile relationship with daughter) collects 0 a month in child support for 2 kids and only gave us 0 a month up until April. In may, that child support was just for the girl we have with us. Dad won’t give us any money because he pays mom (garnished) and in May and June, she’s given us nothing. Dad won’t help us collect anything or go to the courts to change custody because he doesn’t want to deal with her and says we have to work it out with mom, ask her for $ which isn’t working.
My question is, since she has been collecting money for a child that doesn’t live with her and she isn’t providing care for, isn’t that fraud? We don’t have legal custody papers, we’re not related to them in any way, we’re just friends of the dad (she’s moving back in with Dad 7-1) the courts won’t help us either. We love her but caring for a teenager is expensive. I want her mom to be held accountable for her own child.
Even if I can’t get mom to pay us anything for back support, I hate that she’s getting money for a child she doesn’t have and I feel like that should be fraud. I want to know legally how we can hold her mom accountable. I have bank records of the 0 deposits she made in Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar and April (which is still a lot less than she was collecting in child support from dad) the other child turned 18 so support for her stopped beginning of May.
I’ve called child support enforcement but they don’t seem to care since dad and mom wouldn’t come to them about it. Dad figures he only has 1 year left to deal with mom and when the girl lives with him in July, the child support will be stopped. It’s only been hurting us.
I’ve talked to a family member that is an attorney about suing mom but he said we wouldn’t have a case. I’ve talked to support enforcement and they won’t do anything. Is there a specific law I could cite to make them do something?

I have a family member that has committed identity theft against myself, as well as my father. He has established credit cards under my name using my social security number and I am afraid that going to authorities will cost me money, or get him into some serious trouble. He has taken credit cards out in my name and they have now been handed over to collection agencies. Needless to say, my credit is screwed. He is will to admit his wrong-doings. Can the amounts be taken out of my name and somehow established under his own? The same with my father? What do I need to do to clear my name and hopefully, protect this family member at the same time, in terms of jailtime. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A family member committed identity theft to buy a truck in my small hometown. What regulatory agency can I report this fraud to? I am not pressing charges against this family member, but I want to report this dealership for selling the vehicle without proper picture id. Can I also file a report against the finance company as well?

an individual family member is committing fraud in many ways. she has stolen credit cards somewhere to the amount of 50000.00 and steels all the time from stores. has recently started to apply for car loans with my dead moms ss#- only reason i know is the loan places keep calling me. she uses meth and has had some run ins with the cops. I know she is on camera doing this as one of the times she stole my stuff and went shopping. she has taken my id #’s along with many other peoples ids and ss#s. there are kids involved here so i am not sure what to do. i dont want the kids to go to the state but i dont want her to do them any more harm as they currently are living in a hotel, shortly to be homeless, so this is for sure very time sensitive. I have know idea what to do anymore and need help on what to do with her and if i turn her in how long would she get for like 7 federal crimes related to id theft? any help is appreciated.
this person is also my sister- and i dont want those kids going into foster care when they have lived with me before and can again at any point if the parents would just let them. oh the dad might be going to jail for a few violations of his own. the dad talks to us so he might be on my side with the kid factor

My sister in law was involved in an accident with another member of my family. Her mother went around to cops, insurance companies, courthouse etc. and told them all that she was my sister inlaws power of attorney and they gave her information. She is using this information to cause trouble for my other family member. She also used this information to get temporary custody of my nephew. Can she be charged with anything for doing this or is she just a liar?
my nephew was in custody of the court but living with his parents. When she was in the wreck and in the hospital her mom went to family services counselor to tell a bunch of lies and got temp custody so she can get food stamps and a check.

Attach herewith is the anti-terrorist certificate clearance form fill and return immediately with all the requirements.

Note that all expatriates that wants to work in Nigeria,and any family member who comes with you to Nigeria,and who are 18years of age and over,must have to provide their anti-terrorist certificate.

This is in line with the united national constitution in collabration with the federal ministry of justice Abuja Nigeria

The certificate could no longer be issued at any time, but only after an order or decision for disclosure, for example by a Federal Court judge, in a proceeding. The life of the certificate would be fifteen years, unless re-issued. The certificate would be published in the Abuja Nigeria. The certificate would be subject to review by a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal.

someone i kno has found out that their mother has committed fraud against him, putting thousands of dollars on his credit and never paid it, and doesnt intend to. she is not talking to him anymore and he wants to charge her for fraud against a family member and have the courts force her to take responsibility.
my questions are :
how does he go about doing this?
will he need a lawyer?
is his credit score and fraudulent bills adequate proof?

im just worried because she has a strong tendency to lie to save herself. and i dont want it to just be his word against hers…please help?

her mother is sick she can’t sign anything or talk right. can she make all the important decions like court things. say her mother was frauded on her credit card and it was a family member. and the doughter reported the fraud before the family member admitted he used and is very sorry and willing to pay everything back. and the daughter agrees that he pay everything back its okay. can she then tell the police to stay out of it since its a family member and doesn’t wan’t him to get in trouble. or ask them to drop the fraud charges or can make some agreement?

So, she had to move to Texas to help save my grandmother’s house and file to be my grandmother’s power of attorney due to another family member commiting fraud against my grandmother…..Anyway, she is looking for a job in Texas but, wants to file for unemployment in the meantime….She has only worked in Hawaii for the past 5 years..but, is a permanent resident of Texas now…. which state does she file?

I’m thinking to borrow money from bank as much as i can.And invest under one of my family member’s name.

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Just recently a family member was convicted of fraud. I am not in contact with him. He was doing fraud cheques from his boss of over 0 000. He pleaded guilty and he got the best lawyer, so to get to the point i know he received weekend detention for one year but he seems to be around on weekends. Could he have got the judge to change it so he doesnt get anything? I thought once u are sentenced it stays the same. Could he have got away with this?
Once he got sentenced to weekend detention i stopped investigating, and now he seems to be around on weekends, and i cant find anything out.
Does anyone know why this would happen?

It appears that a family member was involved in a car accident several years ago. I know nothing about it. Now years later an investigator keeps coming around asking questions but won’t provide any information to me or other family members that he keeps harrassing. How can we stop this person from harrassing us?