Has Anybody Else Here Been a Victim of Identity Theft?

[ancmetro]

   
   Identity theft:
   
   This is the real problem-
   Too many scammers and hackers...
   trying to break into your account.

   Protect yourself...any way you can.

[fillfran82]

I was in 2015, just left the Inbox Dollars site, because the questions from surveys they required you to fill-out got way too personal and intrusive.

With issues like Identity Theft and Fraud out there, you really have to be careful about what you share on-line.

I joined Fusion Cash because it comes with an endorsement from the Better Business Bureau. It's probably the most trusted site you can join for this kind of thing.

Other-wise you wind-up with relentless e-mail spam, bomboarded with telemarketing calls, over-bearing advertising at your snail mail address, etc. Your personal information can be abused by third parties the surveys share with, etc.

You have to set boundaries with how much you're willing to share and if a certain survey asks for too much information, skip it. Better safe than sorry.

Hello!

No have never gotten my identity stolen thank God but I have had someone close to me use my debit cards twice to make purchases. Additionally lost my credit card once and had to quickly report it. Ultimately it is a business and you have to be careful if you don't want to be part of it.

[plennis]

Yes, my families have been stolen two times.  One time a trusted accountant at our company took my husbands, mine and our 4 kids ssns and other personal information, she also had all of our credit cards. She paid all of the company bills.  She had worked for us for several years and this only happened for about 6 months.  I thought the monies were not adding up to the amount of business we were doing.    I came in over a long weekend and worked on the books and found where she had duplicates of our corporate cards and was taking the max in cash out on 4 of them daily for about 2 weeks, she had sold identity information to I don''t know but my teen age kids suddenly were opening accounts on the east coast (we live on the west coast) for all types of items.  Our money was refunded by the banks, but it took about 2 1/2 to 3 years to get everything straightened out.  Since then we had a problem when my wallet was stolen out of my purse.  It is a nightmare.    now check our accounts frequently and it has made me lose trust  in people.  I hate being suspicious of everyone.  But if you didn't trust some people they could not take advantage of you.   

[surveygrabber]

I have not. But I'd because of the credit card offers. They can be risky sometimes.

[haimsterette]

I was in 2015, just left the Inbox Dollars site, because the questions from surveys they required you to fill-out got way too personal and intrusive.

With issues like Identity Theft and Fraud out there, you really have to be careful about what you share on-line.

I joined Fusion Cash because it comes with an endorsement from the Better Business Bureau. It's probably the most trusted site you can join for this kind of thing.

Other-wise you wind-up with relentless e-mail spam, bomboarded with telemarketing calls, over-bearing advertising at your snail mail address, etc. Your personal information can be abused by third parties the surveys share with, etc.

You have to set boundaries with how much you're willing to share and if a certain survey asks for too much information, skip it. Better safe than sorry.

I understand your being cautious. I have qualified and disqualified for numerous surveys over the years and have never run into a problem, not even someone hacking one of my survey sites accounts (not to jinx it! lol). I don't think anyone should want to steal my identity, anyway, haha.

[appy9104]

The worst problem is people you know and trust

[tantricia44]

I get messages online on people trying to open a credit card or mortgage or a loan using my identity but luckily I don't have a long enough history credit record that they all get rejected!