When my wallet was stolen, the stealer put $2000 on one credit card, $1800 on another, and emptied my checking account (with my debit card). In an afternoon! Gift certificates seem to be the way to go, stolen-wallet-wise.
(I didn't end up being liable for any of it, and one of the credit card companies tried to call me at home while the fraud was happening, but didn't actually deny any of the purchases as they were happening.)
Of course, I get into work this morning and discover somebody else had her wallet stolen on my floor. (My theft was 2 years ago.) Sheesh! And you have to make a big specific request to be able to lock your desk drawers. Of course the thieves like us!
My sister was bit by a notary once.
(It's a Buffista rule that someone must make that joke at least once a week.)
Will they notarize your signing my name? That would rock.
Now I get to hate Sprint, too -- I couldn't even get anyone on the phone. I have to mail them a notarized form and include my leases for the past three years before they'll even start looking at this. SO PISSED. I really do not have time for this shit.
I have a notary in my office.
Better call the exterminator then - they breed like roaches.
That's so fucked up. When someone tried to set up phone service with Ameritech using my name and SS some years ago, they called me.
Will they notarize your signing my name? That would rock.
Jesse, this is not how you prevent identity theft.
She's giving her identity to Aimée. It's a whole different vibe.
::dives back into endless project plan::
When someone tried to set up phone service with Ameritech using my name and SS some years ago, they called me.
Wow. That's awesome. When someone tried to set up phone service with Pac Bell (which became SBC and is now AT&T) using my name and driver's license but a different SS some years ago, they let her. Then, when she ran up a $950 phone bill and didn't pay for 4 months, they cut off my phone.
I'm still boggled that, of all the creditors I've ever had, the only one that never ever attempted to contact me by phone when weird charges or weird lapses in payment happened was the phone company (repeatedly, not just the identity theft bullshit).
Now I get to hate Sprint, too -- I couldn't even get anyone on the phone.
Fuckweasels.
Still no FedEx. Despite the fact that they called me at 7:15 this morning.
