Sister’s Date and Identity Theft
My sister called me this morning to ask if she could come over sometime this weekend. We’ve set up a time for her to come over tomorrow morning to open the gifts I got her for Christmas. She says tomorrow night she has a date. Wait…what? She’s 13 years old, will be 14 on Sunday, and she’s going on dates? I thought I was young going on my first “date” a month before I turned 15.
And so it begins.
I got a call from BB&T today stating that someone had attempted to make a purchase in Italy with my bank card. I haven’t used my BB&T account for some time now, and had already requested it be closed several months ago. But it’s still uneasy to know that somehow my information got out, despite how careful I am.
Fortunately the purchase was blocked, and I will be checking my credit report for any other unsavory items. I suppose I had best evaluate things a bit more and see if I slipped up somewhere and what other preventative measures I can take.
It is definitely a bonus in BB&T’s favor though that they took the initiative to look into this for me. Unfortunately I am no longer a client of theirs.
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2 Responses to “Sister’s Date and Identity Theft”
January 7th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Oh that is REALLY scary, is it possible that it was something that was stolen from you before you started doing preventive measures?
January 10th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
What kinds of things do you do to prevent identity theft? I should probably try and protect my family as well.