It's not easy to comprehend identity theft...what does it look like and who would do it? Knowledge is power... I'd like to find a way of blocking everything I type...and possibly deleting itself in 2 days. Except for on here.
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It can as my identity was stolen about 6 months ago after I was phished. I had to contact so many different agencies to get it cleared up but I did.
It was some guy in S.F. and they did bust him for credit card fraud and that made me happy. Why? I couldn't tell you as he lived in an expensive area of S.F.
Best thing I did was join LifeLock and everything I do now is monitored in case someone else tries to use my info for something.
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As an identity thief...I love FaceBook... Hope it doesn't go down!
I'm building up dossiers on a couple of you...it's very easy...especially when I have access to what you posted when you were innocent... online at first...years ago.
(do you think this really happens?)
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Cool....I "may" be in the clear buddy. A sixth sense leads me to certain conclusions about innocence.
I mean......I think so?
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Yummy...
You are too wily to get caught...:)
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It can as my identity was stolen about 6 months ago after I was phished. I had to contact so many different agencies to get it cleared up but I did.
It was some guy in S.F. and they did bust him for credit card fraud and that made me happy. Why? I couldn't tell you as he lived in an expensive area of S.F.
Best thing I did was join LifeLock and everything I do now is monitored in case someone else tries to use my info for something.
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I'm going that route, too. (Sigh)
If I understood it all better...that would help. And hacking.
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I know about hacking from my PC guru!
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Nope. I have enough trouble keeping up with own password changes.
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Not as of now, but I do worry about it. Also e mail being compromised or hacked. I checked my e mail with a company that can determine if the e mail's were hacked and my hotmail has been hacked 7 times so far.
I don't trust anyone, Facebook being the worse and no offence to Amirite but I don't trust theme either.
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Hate getting caught ...love getting away with it...never had my identity stolen as far as I know, but been scammed a couple of times but the bank has always refunded me any loss...
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I thought at first that Maze wrote this...ha.
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I hate scammers, bullies, false friends, back stabbers and hackers. Love it here when everyone is getting along, and people don't try to tell others what to do. That's very rare.
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You ask a lot from people. Getting along ALL the time sounds fake to me.
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I'm an optimist. I didn't mention ALL the time, here's what I said:
" Love it here when everyone is getting along, and people don't try to tell others what to do."
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Ha...but by saying you love it here when people get along implies that you hate it when we don't..which is probably most of the time... And we don't want that! We want you to be happy even when this place is full of static...
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You're right as usual, thanks Sukie!
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I don't care who's right or wrong...ha...brave words!...only sometimes...
Remember the Internet is fake, so there is an automatic drift in that direction.
People also change their minds a lot online...that's the way it seems to me...they contradict themselves... I've asked people who say they hate Amirite...WELL why are you still on here, then...Get Out...and then they say they changed their minds...probably was in the heat of the moment...which I didn't realize...
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I know, lol, we get mad, threaten to leave, block someone say we'll never unblock them, and two days later, we're talking again. I call it overreaction. lol That's life on the internet...good or bad.
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In response to “I hate scammers, bullies, false friends, back...”
Who doesn’t?
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I hate other identity thieves... they make my job tougher..
I love fresh baked bear claws with my coffee, they give me that jolt of energy to get my day started..
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Bear claws...yum. Crystallized sugar on top?
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Yea...if I'm a identity thief, I'm going all out..
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I’m all for safety and there through thick and thin when scammers and other baddies target my online pals. One of my friends, both on FB and on the outs, added a scammer and I dished the news. We both blocked him.
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Someone stole my identity and died of boredom. The family is suing me for wrongful death.
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I love to hate one particular person or idea... 100%
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