Identity Theft-in-Law
December 1, 2008 – 12:28 pmHaving your identity stolen by anyone can be devastating. It’s even worse when the person who’s stealing your identity is related to you. Having a brother-in-law or sister-in-law can be great, but what happens when it’s not? Well Polly Waters found that out when her sister-in-law stole her identity.
Karen Houston age 60, Stole Polly Waters’ identity who she was related to by marriage. Houston Stole Waters’ identity then took out various loans, wrote fraudulent checks and she even attempted to secure a mortgage on Waters’ house. All in all Houston stole $4,100 from Waters.
Houston knew the victim, which made it easier to steal the information needed to steal her identity. It’s hard to think that someone you know would try and steal your identity.
Perhaps everyone should be more carefully with whom we gives access to our documents. Keeping important documents locked up in a filing cabinet will not stop James Bond, but it might deter any nosy houseguest. Keeping your documents locked doesn’t mean you don’t trust your family. You just don’t know who is going to try and steal your information.
The great thing about LifeLock is that it can help prevent this sort of thing from happening to you. Even if someone gained access to your personal information LifeLock can prevent the thief from using it to steal your identity. Many times identity theft victims know the person stealing their identity. A lot of the time it’s a family member or a friend that steals the information from the victim’s house. If you would like a discount on a LifeLock membership use LifeLock promotion code, Defense.
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One Response to “Identity Theft-in-Law”
This is why you have to be careful who you allow into your family. I can’t let just anyone in your family because they might steal your identity. Sucks
By Don on Dec 5, 2008