Me, please report to me.

I am sure there are multiple people out there pretending to be me. Oddly, they must be really doing a good job of acting like me as they're not doing anything interesting enough for me to find them. Well, except one.

Earlier in the year, I applied for a new Social Security Card with my maiden name on it. It got lost in the mail. I am certain there is someone out there working under my name and the IRS is going to come for me for tax fraud in 8 years. I'm sure there is some process I should follow to get that fixed as I still have no new card. Whatever it is will most likely not be done. I would rather go to jail for tax fraud than have to wait in line at the Social Security Administration. But, I have no proof someone is out there function under an alias known as me as a result of this.

Today however, I got some proof of identity theft. I'm not sure you can call it that but it sounds so action adventure movie to say that! I had a check sent to me from my insurance company because I had settled a claim and they reimibursed me. This was over a month ago and I still hadn't seen a check. I called yesterday and they said the check was cashed on Sept. 6. Whoa Nelly! I am strangely missing $325 that should be in my account. I double checked as I could be a bonehead and not realized *I* cashed it. That was a busy month. Then I realize I was in Nashville from 9/4 to 9/6. Hmmmm. It definitely did NOT go into my account.

They ordered a copy of the check front and back to see the signature. It will take 5-7 days. I am just wild with anticipation! I am dying to know what happened! It was sent to my old address so I assume someone there cashed it. I so want to know what they did with the money and if the residents of my old house took my money. That would be weird! I'm not sure why. Just roll with me here.

I have had to promise my benefits rep that I will not stalk the owners of my old house. She knows me so well. She said that she is getting as much info as she can because she knows if they don't find out what happened soon I'll either go to the house pretending to be a Jehovah's Witness or, at the very least, send my old neighbors.

I just want to why someone did it and what they did with the money. Buy drugs? Head to the casino? Horse races? New pair of Manolo's? 5-7 days has never seemed like so long... I'll keep you posted, especially of how they take to Jehovah's Witnesses.

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[delmer]

I ordered a bracelet for a woman and had it shipped to her in Texas while she was on vacation there.

After several calls in which I'd not heard a 'thank you for the bracelet' I finally had to ask about it and ruin the surprise.

It was, per the Post Office, signed for and delivered. However, it was not delivered to the woman I sent it to.

Eventually the target woman got a new bracelet and was kind enough to feign surprise.

So, I guess if you count the other woman who was bracletted -- and probably genuinely surprised -- I made two women happy in two weeks. (While that is no small task, I'm still a bit miffed about the first woman claiming a jewelry item that wasn't hers.)

[Karen]

Someone got access to my credit card number when I lived at a highrise a few years back. They ordered a bunch of shoes from Nine West and had them delivered to a different apartment in my building. When I reported it and they were able to trace the delivery to a certain apartment #, my landlady and I thought we would catch the culprit. Turns out that apartment had been empty for months. The previous owner had passed away. Creepy. Someone knew all of that. It was definitely an inside job (someone in my building), but one that was never solved. Fortunately the CC company credited me and gave me a new card/number. There are thieves among us for sure.

[sognatrice]

I once almost had a gazebo delivered to my Philadelphia high-rise apartment; thank goodness I caught that one before it escalated (literally)!

Identity stealers suck, and I hope you find out what happened...not knowing is *so* frustrating!

[Jenny Ryan]

Jehovah's Witness Plan=Brilliant!! Please let us know how that goes.