My parents got hit with identity theft over a year ago and they're still finding it difficult to move on.WiseOne wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:48 am ...
Freeze your credit, find a way to monitor your credit report & various account transactions, and move on. All of our Social Security numbers and various other bits of personal information might as well be published in the New York Times. You can be sure that for every leak you've heard about, there are a few dozen you didn't hear about....
I mean, they're mostly taking all the right measures. I helped them with passwords. They've filed reports with the authorities (who didn't care). I think they got their money back in every instance except for some Amazon purchases. Amazon originally said they would refund the amount and then, inexplicably, changed their mind.
Every morning, seven days a week, my Dad checks to see if any new lines of credit have been opened in his name, and things like that. Because 20 different things like that have happened so far. His address was changed at the post office for mail forwarding (no password required!). New credit cards were opened at places that my father called and warned them about: I'm looking at you, USAA. Loans were begun...
We even know the address where the crook was receiving his goods from Amazon and have informed the FBI. No joy.
We think it was Equifax and not an error on my dad's part, but they're doing everything they can to not make this worse. Will probably never move on.