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Re: My identity has been STOLEN
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noviapriani
on 30/09/2014, 17:54:45 UTC
You are not alone.  Last month I had a charge on my credit card that was not mine.  It is a credit card that I do not use often, only for medical bills mostly so I know the theft occurred at the doctor's office or the billing center.  None one else had access to the number.  I promptly canceled the card and got a new number.  I would recommend that you check your credit card activity daily.
I did that once, cancelled my credit card before a charge was able to be put on it.  That was a case of someone offering me something I thought was legit and turned out to be a scam.  In a way, I'm glad I'm not alone in this and in another way I'm sorry this kind of thing happens.  I will be diligent from now on.  I do keep running tabs on my bank account and when there's a charge I don't recognize, I call the bank.  It has always turned out to be myself who paid for something and forgot to write it down in the register.