From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Aug 17 08:28:25 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7HESPjb030861; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:28:25 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7HES8er018631 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:28:08 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7HBm9FI012651 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:48:09 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7HBm9sb012650 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:48:09 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7H6PHFI011547 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:25:17 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7H94rk3002990 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:04:53 -0600 X-Envelope-From: martinfamilytree@gmail.com Thu Aug 17 03:04:53 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7H94rjb002981 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:04:53 -0600 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7H94klM008089 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:04:47 -0600 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id d42so651209pyd for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:04:43 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IpaljLvlnW0N0Q2v7+k64nQtlUnj4hehinRRKB00iW5k+xSV8LaR4tSgFyI7Nty23W+l+iAf/09d9+VMkD/Utx3CPCOnEuwwYfmdLWt1222kiUWSAF5zWLavwW4bTpEcTX1ByfckdYeevYVAlCfCGzltOFXZIVe4MajS2bL8M2o= Received: by 10.35.121.9 with SMTP id y9mr3154868pym; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:04:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.93.6 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:04:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:04:43 -0500 From: "ctm 007" To: "George Rambuss" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Stolen Identity? Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <005501c6c196$b08d8e40$6501a8c0@shithead> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <005501c6c196$b08d8e40$6501a8c0@shithead> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Hi George, >From the little that you have revealed to us, it does not appear you are a victim of identity theft. However, since you are nervous enough to ask questions, I would suggest the minimum actions: Notify the 3 credit bureau of the possibility and ask them to monitor your credit. The 3 credit bureau are: x- www.equifax.com x- www.experian.com x- www.transunion.com Get copies of your credit report and review them carefully for signs of credit cards that you did not apply for and if you see any, report them to the credit bureau immediately. Review your monthly statements from your credit cards and bank very closely with each new statement. Consider adding "Identity Theft" coverage to your home insurance policy; it's very inexpensive. Be alert to any signs of trouble with your identity. Review the do's & don't here: http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ If you google "identity theft" you will receive several hits where victims can file reports with various law enforcement agencies. Be especially alert to any unusual use of your dad's social security number. That is big business today; stealing social security numbers from deceased people and reselling those numbers over and over to the criminal element in our society or to people seeking to establish their own identity to show they are legal in our country. Contact www.ss.com and let them know of your suspicion of your dad's identity. Carl http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ On 8/16/06, George Rambuss wrote: > My Dad died a little over 2 years ago and yesterday someone called my home phone looking for my Dad. They asked for him by his entire name including his middle initial. I was floored, we have different last names and we live in a different state. I asked this young man (who spoke broken English) how did he get my phone number? He replied that he could not give out that information. I ended the conversation by hanging up on him. > I had received political flyers in the mail back in May/June this year addressed to my Dad but I did not follow through. Actually there was a voter's registration form mailed to my Dad at my address from the "South Carolinians for Responsible Government". > I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Does it sound like stolen identity? > > Char > >