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07-20-2004, 02:55 PM
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Location: London
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Someone tried to steal my identity!!
I had a credit history check today, and although it all went through ok, my old address was flagged up. The short story is that the old house was sold to developers and it was vacant for nearly a year. Due to some arguments with the neighbours they put security guards in the house blah blah blah. Anyway, obviously some of my post ended up in their hands and they have been trying to use my name and (old) address as security for cars and other expensive items. Lucklily they failed. The police are now onto it. No real harm done, but it makes you think!
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07-20-2004, 03:05 PM
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Location: Lugano, Switzerland
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Dang! Scary! Luckily they failed!! Phew!
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07-20-2004, 03:09 PM
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shit.. you can't trust anyone these days 
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07-20-2004, 03:47 PM
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Location: HELL!
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It sucks that you cant trust people anymore. I think more people should get jobs instead of trying to rip people off. I work hard for my money, they should too.
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07-20-2004, 04:19 PM
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Location: Bellevue, Washington
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It sucks that you cant trust people anymore. I think more people should get jobs instead of trying to rip people off. I work hard for my money, they should too
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i agree
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07-20-2004, 04:56 PM
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Those fuckers. I hate cons and the likes of them. :fist:
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07-20-2004, 05:12 PM
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Location: Russian living in Prague
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You CAN trust people, there are just few fuckers you have to watch. Sorry to hear that. Kick they butt hard!
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07-20-2004, 07:21 PM
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Location: Texas
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Funny how it was the security guards that were the fuckers in this scenario... bastards
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07-21-2004, 04:07 AM
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Hahaha, yes 'security' guards! Apparently they were not too clever, and have left a nice trail for the police to follow. Should know who they are in a few days 
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07-21-2004, 04:21 AM
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Location: Sardegna - Italy
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Scary, happily everything gone well
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07-21-2004, 11:33 AM
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Location: Near London, United Kingdom
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I have an excellent programme on this subject called "hot plastic" shows you all the scams used to steal identitys, forge credit cards, and some interesting CCTV footage of how teams obtain your PIN number with hidden cameras set up on ATM machines etc.
I can upload the show if there is enough interest in it ??
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07-21-2004, 12:30 PM
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Location: Houston but from Mty
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wow u got lucky! now i know what my mom fears when shopping online...
and Jabba u never stop to amaze me! u got videos of everything!! it even looks like u r retired or something!
ohh and too see if u have vids of everythong do u have a vid of a 300zx na like a test drive or something? 
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07-21-2004, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Jabba
I have an excellent programme on this subject called "hot plastic" shows you all the scams used to steal identitys, forge credit cards, and some interesting CCTV footage of how teams obtain your PIN number with hidden cameras set up on ATM machines etc.
I can upload the show if there is enough interest in it ??
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im sure jon_s would be intrested how they tried to get access to try and buy stuff using his details.
is the media just reporting more on this, or is it something that is becomeing an increasing problem?
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07-21-2004, 12:43 PM
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Location: Near London, United Kingdom
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The older cards are quite easy to "clone" it shows you how its done with a laptop...the newer cards have a chip in them and you have to enter your PIN when buying goods...its quite new in the UK (we got our new terminal a few weeks back here) but I think its been around in France for a few years now...I am sure Yann could tell us all about it.
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07-21-2004, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by oscargarza88
wow u got lucky! now i know what my mom fears when shopping online...
and Jabba u never stop to amaze me! u got videos of everything!! it even looks like u r retired or something!
ohh and too see if u have vids of everythong do u have a vid of a 300zx na like a test drive or something?
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The only video that comes to mind is when Top Gear was comparing old models to new ones...I am sure you would have that one though.
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