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ID Theft – And So It Begins…

Posted on May 1, 2011 By ninjatechnyc

I’ve written about ID theft before. Never thought I’d experience it, first hand. But I guess it’s bound to happen to everyone, the way they’re hacking nowadays. Found out yesterday, some wonderful slime ball walked into an Apple Store last week, used my SS# and driver’s license# to open a couple of AT&T Mobile Wireless lines, in my name. He also bought a couple of iPhones but paid in cash. I found out because I received a bill from AT&T for the two lines, along with two Welcome packets, thanking me for choosing AT&T.

I’ve never been an AT&T Wireless customer, nor have I ever been in an Apple Store [until today].

Based on the info that was used, I kinda got the feeling some financial institution I deal with had their servers hacked, and info stolen.

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