[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Eventually you will hear back from them Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by andy [Email] (#759) [Profile/Gallery] (more from andy) on Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:11:40 In Reply to: SS says $100 million a year..., Scott Paterson [Profile/Gallery] , Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:52:54 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Years back I applied for a job and met the "executives" at a hotel restaurant for lunch. I later realized that it might have been a scam as they asked my SS # and if I owned my own home (two questions on a credit application - plus they had my whole work history) - they said they wanted to do a criminal background check and were wondering if my commute would be too long and I would have to move to work for them.

Sensing trouble I contacted VISA and Masterdard. they referred me to the Secret Service who took all the info. I set up warnings on the credit rating agencies so no one could take out credit in my name. Never heard a thing, never had a problem.

Three years later the SS calls to follow up on my complaint to close out their file and said it was a ring from the West coast that ran phony interviews here, get the SS# and resume of the people who interview, then they open up credit cards for your "new" address and act as your "new employer" to confirm your salary at your new job on the West Coast. They ran up the credit to the limit but made some payments to buy time, drew down on a cash advance line and then stopped paying. The banks issuing the cards trace to you from the phony resume/credit app and call you at home to tell you that you owe them money.

They would not tell me the results of their investigation, but said I was apparantly the only one of 166 people that answered a want ad and did not fall victim to identity theft. Agent said it was near impossible to trace the perps as it takes so long to find a trend in the information, and by then they move on. This was long before ID theft was in the news as it is today.

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• Scammer on the hook... what next?, Scott Paterson , Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:13:46
  • Speaking of scammers...., JimBlake , Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:40:24
  • Re: Wells? I thought you liked Bank of the West? (nm), Duhey2 , Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:08:47
    • Just the opposite..., Scott Paterson , Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:18:43
      • I know....I saw it on your Power to the Consumer Page, Duhey2 , Fri, 27 Jun 2003 21:18:24
  • Scott, you frudster! n/m, Dave Westlake, Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:22:22
  • Why sweating won't work, Ari , Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:38:54
    • Why Sweating Already Worked..., Scott Paterson , Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:48:16
  • Scott....same MO?, Duhey2 , Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:11:03
    • Almost identical!, Scott Paterson , Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:49:31
  • you would think they would see us laughing about it.., Ken F, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:35:14
    • Re: you would think they would see us laughing about it.., andy , Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:34:48
      • Smarter than "they" >, ChipJ, Wed, 25 Jun 2003 05:00:52
  • You have to ask for another check!, saw, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 15:49:08
  • They wanted to buy my car!!!!, Adam , Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:35:43
  • Are you reporting any of these to the authorities?, matt 94 aero, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:13:50
    • Yes - all of it... not a single official response..., Scott Paterson , Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:14:06
      • What's wrong with your local DA and police?, DER, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:27:06
        • Get 'em back to old fashioned way..., Nervousaaber, Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:40:01
  • Re: Scammer on the hook... what next?, Skip, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:49:36
    • Sure, here is what I sent him back..., Scott Paterson , Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:56:09
  • call the Secret Service?, Trev, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:47:42
    • SS says $100 million a year..., Scott Paterson , Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:52:54
      • Eventually you will hear back from them, andy , Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:11:40 <-- Viewing This Message
      • no comments on most Americans as I'm Canadian :) n/m, Trev, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:23:15

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