Few months ago I moved to this small town, and was living in a local hotel for weeks until we bought the condo. When I was staying at the hotel someone was using my credit card to deal at cars.com. I called the bank and cancelled my credit card, got back my money and everything seems to be fine.
Two weeks ago I looked for my husband's aunt's address and accidently typed my own name, surprisingly my name come out in 'google' as a seller of a car at cars.com! I clicked the link to cars.com but the profile was already removed possibly because the car was sold, but at 'google' it still show my full name and a local phone number with this small town prefix.
Should I research the phone number owner? I know for sure there is no other people having the same name especially in this town, besides, I had the incident someone using my credit card at cars.com.
Should I hire an attorney to investigate this or just go to the police or just leave it because it happened fe months ago?
2007-01-02 13:38:51 · 5 answers · asked by Speck Schnuck 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The reason I'm sure nobody has the same complete name like mine because I'm foreigner with rather unusual first name and my husband's last name is not common name, all with that last name in USA basicly still family.
2007-01-02 15:28:11 · update #1
I would hire an attorney and go to the police. They could ruin your whole life if they keep going.
2007-01-02 13:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by bunnydlh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best thing to do is put a watch on your credit report. If any activity happens they have to contact you about it. Also contact Cars.com and tell them what is going on. Find out if they can give you any information about the person using your credit card (this you may need a lawyer for). Also keep an eye on any of your cards, bank accounts, etc you have now. Read through the monthly bill. If they got your credit card number you really have no clue what else they might have and you don't know when they might use it. So for your safety keep an eye on it.
Just something weird about you saying about someone not having the same name as you... Sears sent my mothers stuff to some lady with the exact same name at the exact same street address only in a different city and state. The lady died early this year and my mother started getting a bunch of stuff that was suppose to be going to the other lady, but weird things like that only seem to happen to my mother.
2007-01-02 21:48:36 · answer #2 · answered by Zabe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Notify the police, identity theft is a crime. Notify all credit reporting agencies, TRW, Equifax, etc. Notify your bank & credit card issuers. There are basic steps you need to take, in conjunction with a police report. Search your state government site for specifics regarding, Identity Theft.
2007-01-02 21:51:12 · answer #3 · answered by Darlene 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-02 21:51:44 · answer #4 · answered by citronge69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should report all of this to the police immediately.
2007-01-02 21:41:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋