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Oh Sara, I'm so sorry! I really hope it all gets straightened out! I would seriously recommend just closing the account & starting all over again. Obviously they were able to still get in even with debit cards canceled and changed. I really hope you get your money back... Unfortunately none of us can help replace your sanity or frustration.

Good luck & vent anytime... That's what we are here for!

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Thanks! Sorry about the venting, though! However, I think things are all cleared up! I did close the account & transferred stuff down here. But it's such a pain ... I've heard of three others this past week. Yikes! So, beware!

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ugh i had that happened to me and bank of america was not too happy about it since they had to cover it. reminds me also of when i went to apply for my 1st credit card at 18 (still only have 1) and i was declined. Found out some guy stole my identity and used 7 THOUSAND for credit under my social...crazy but i got it taken care of too.

My brother-in-law had the same thing with his bank of america card last year... but they replaced everything just fine. Yeah, I'm wondering about that social business, myself. When my wallet was stolen in May, I still had my social in there from MEPS. eeeek.

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Alert everyone, anyone, all three credit bureaus... there are specific places to call and alert them to the fact that your SSN has been stolen! That can cause you sooooooo many problems, don't let them get to you, you stop them!

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Oh I know! I'm waiting another month or so for the free credit report! But ... it's definitely going to be an issue, I think. Hope for the best, expect the worst! And none of my statements are paper form... so who knows. It's just so sad how common it is! The biggest mess when the wallet was stolen was getting the new SS card! Even though I had my birth certificate, he wouldn't allow it as proper identification ... yet he opened my college transcripts from ISU ... still wouldn't give it to me! Then I was out another money for another new set. Messy! I hope to finish the banking deal on Monday. It could've been much worse. Thanks, though! Much obliged!

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That's why the new military ID cards don't have your SSN on them anymore. I know on my card as his dependent it wasn't only his number but mine, too! They decided to stop doing that.

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Proud mom of

SN Robertson, Colin

USCGC Seneca

Yes, my son remembers it well. I went through "Identity Theft" in 2008. A guy and girl went shopping with a certain number of mine. She posed as me. They did NOT have my card, though. I had it the whole time. My bank called me to inquiry why so much money was being spent in another state in my name, but yet I was answering the phone at home. We got the police and sheriff's dept. involved in that state, and also those officials here in my city. All of my stuff was immediately shut-down. I contacted all 3 credit agencies, the banks, whatever, and I did get all of my money back. Were they arrested? Yes. The police located them very quickly, and those stupid-idiot thieves thought that they would never be found. Now, our whole family has "really tight stuff" on all of our financial things. We learned the hard way, but we learned.

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Debbie
"Ian56's mom"
"My sons are the loves of my life"

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MANY years ago it was standard practice for retailers to ask for your Social Security number when you wrote a check! It still ticks me off that Doctor's offices use your SS# as your ID number...others too, including cell phone companies and the Cable company ask for your last 4 digits.

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I had this problem about a year or so ago. Somebody got ahold of my check card number somehow after I'd made an online purchase and next thing I know, my account is cleaned out by somebody buying internet porn! How embarrassing!! My bank didn't do squat. Thankfully, I was able to track down where the charges were made.....found an 800 number and called the company. I explained the situation to them and they were really cool about it.....gave me my money back. Then I had to deal with the bank because my account had been overdrawn and they charged me several hundred dollars in fees. It took them nearly two months to take the fees out of there and in the meantime, they were even charging me 2 bucks for each phone call I made to them regarding the problem. It was such a cluster. Needless to say, once I got it all straightened out, I started banking elsewhere.

Laurie

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When that happened to us 4 years ago, our bank was totally cooperative and returned all the funds within 24 hours. This was an identity theft of my VISA check card and all were covered by VISA. Within 15 minutes there were attempted charges totalling over $13,000 from places all over the world.

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See this is why I'm glad I am poor... they might be able to get a couple of chalupas at Taco Bell but no one is getting far with my bank cards! LOL

Sorry... just had to throw that in there! :)

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I hear you- they were only able to get $400 but to me that was alot and made all my other checks bounce!  The bank was gracious in that they waived all the bounced check charges which were almost more then the original amount taken!

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