From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Aug 17 08:46:14 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 k7HEkEjb000926; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:46:14 -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 k7HEk5rk012469 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:46:10 -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 k7HBmGFI012658 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:48:16 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7HBmGSi012657 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:48:16 -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 k7H6SnFI011550 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:28:49 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7H98OpH003940 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:08:24 -0600 X-Envelope-From: martinfamilytree@gmail.com Thu Aug 17 03:08:24 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 k7H98Ojb003931 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:08:24 -0600 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7H98Hf2014573 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:08:17 -0600 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id d42so652349pyd for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:08:12 -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=QYoka9L+5vGwbjxTqgKukBQ6Q1dnHZx+kJb3PujYWy9+qb99fDE4zWpIQfapCogXzvaiklddgF7xWVSE3QxK17V02NTAEg22iRkJ0mggfvJAv1o6Wm94luRaqfffIwjr7c20R0lUKSiyjH/wVbO0sXBbTRIqJpn8LIWIFaeHsMk= Received: by 10.35.66.12 with SMTP id t12mr3242467pyk; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:08:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.93.6 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:08:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:08:12 -0500 From: "ctm 007" To: "George Rambuss" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Stolen Identity? Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: 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 Opps, I forgot one. Be sure to secure the delivery of your mail. Ask for suggestions here: http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/ Carl On 8/17/06, ctm 007 wrote: > 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 > > > > >