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STARTED TO RECORD THE PAST AND PITFALLS TO RESTORE 4@HER NAME.
>> Reporter: NORMALLY REPORTERS
DO NOT TURN THE CAMERA ON
THEMSELVES TO BECOME A PART OF
THE STORY.
THE STORY. WHEN I SHARED MY ID4@ NIGHTMARE
THE STORY. WHEN I SHARED MY ID4@ NIGHTMARE@
ON FAITH, MY PAGE FILLED WITH
SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND
QUESTIONS ON HOW TO AVOID BEING
NEXT.
NEXT.
NEXT. I
NEXT. I WAS GETTING LETTERS,
COMPANIES TELLING ME SORRY BUT @
MY CREDIT CARD APPLICATION WAS
DENIED.
DENIED.
DENIED. 4@
DENIED. I
DENIED. I HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR ANY
CREDIT CARD.
CREDIT CARD. AND I WENT TO PAY MY BILL TO
FIND SOMEONE HAD PURCHASED FOUR
MONEY ORDERS OFF MY CHECKING
ACCOUNT AND 4@4@CASH THEM.
THEY STILL $5000.
THAT IS WHEN I ENDED UP AT THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEN IT GOT EVEN WORSE.
CHASE COMPLETELY FROZE MY
ACCOUNT, MOST PEOPLE ON
FACEBOOK SAID THEY RECEIVED A 4@
PROVISIONAL CREDIT.
PROVISIONAL CREDIT. CHASE SAYS IT WILL DO THAT IF
THE THEFT INVOLVED A DEBIT OR
CREDIT CARD BUT NOT WHEN IT
INVOLVES A CHECK OR MONEY
ORDER.
ORDER.
ORDER. CAN YOU IMAGINE CALLING 30 DAYS
WITHOUT MONEY?
WITHOUT MONEY? CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE IS
ANYTHING IN THE ACCOUNT?
IN THE 4@MEANTIME I HAD TO SHUT
DOWN ALL OF THE FRAUDULENT
ACCOUNTS THAT WERE OPEN BEFORE
I COULD GET MY CREDIT FROZEN.
THEY WERE TAKING MONEY THEY
STOLE FROM ME TO PUT IT IN AN
ACCOUNT.
ACCOUNT.
ACCOUNT. THEY HAVE 4@TRIED TO4@ OPEN A L
IN MY NAME.
NONE OF THE CALLS PREPARED ME
FOR THIS ONE.
THEY HAVE RENTED4@ A HONDA IN 4
NAME ON MARCH 28 AND THEY NEVER
RETURN4@ED TO THE CAR. 4@
YES, MY SEEDS WENT TO HERTZ,
THEY RENTED A HYUNDAI AND THEY
NEVER TOOK IT BACK.
THEY HAD STOLEN A CAR IN MY
NAME.
NAME.
NAME. [
NAME. [ 4@CRYING ] MY SEEDS NEW MY
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER,
BIRTHDAY, WHERE A BANK, MY
MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME, MY CREDIT
CARDS, MY DRIVERS 4@4@LICENSE
NUMBER.
NUMBER.
NUMBER. I
NUMBER. I CAME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
DRIVER SERVICES HOPING TO GET
NEW4@ LICENSE NUMBERS.
YOU MUST HAVE A POLICE REPORT
AND IT MUST SAY YOUR LICENSE
NUMBER WAS STOLEN.
I CALLED AND EMAILED A
DETECTIVE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE WORKING ON MY CASE.
A MONTH LATER HE NEVER
RESPONDED.
RESPONDED. THEY REFUSED TO HELP ME.
AT FIRST I TRIED TO LOG HOW
MUCH TIME IT WAS TAKING TO SORT
TH4@ROUGH THE MATTER.
HOW DO YOU LOG NOT BEING ABLE
TO SLEEP AT NIGHT?
HOW DO YOU LOG BEING
INEFFICIENT 4@AT WORK?
MY STORY IS SOMETHING MOST
PEOPLE DO NOT GET, A SUSPECT.
ALL THE PURCHASES AND CRIMES
OCCURRED IN SAN DIEGO.
THE POLICE SAY THIS IS THE
WOMAN POSING AS ME.
>> WE ARE JOINED NOW BY REBECCA
LYNCH.
LYNCH.
LYNCH. DID THEY CATCH THE WOMAN?
>> THEY DID NOT.
THERE IS A WARRANT OUT FOR HER
ARREST.
ARREST.
ARREST. YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TO OUR
WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE.'S NECK
THIS IS A LOT TO GO THROUGH.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> THIS IS AWKWARD. I AM DOING
REALLY WELL NOW.
MOST OF THIS HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
REALLY WELL NOW. MOST OF THIS HAS BEEN RESOLVED.@
IT IS A MATTER OF LOOKING BACK
AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
LESSONS CAN BE LEARNED.
THE MAC HOW ABOUT THE BANKS AND
CREDIT CARD COMPANIES?
DID THEY WORK4@ WITH THE POLICE
>> I THOUGHT THEY WOULD.
WHEN BANKS AND STAFF SAY THEY
ARE GOING TO OPEN
INVESTIGATIONS, THEY MEAN THEY
ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE YOU.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
TELLING THE TRUTH, THAT THIS IS
REALLY IS STAFFED.
THEY WILL GO THROUGH YOUR
BANKING INDUSTRY.
BANKING INDUSTRY. THEY WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL
CREDIT YOU THE MONEY BACK.
>> CREDIT FREEZES ALSO HAPPEN.
WITH THAT HAVE HELPED?
>> THAT IS THE ONE SOLUTION
THAT THEY THINK WILL HELP.
A CREDIT FREEZE ONLY PROTECTS
YOU FROM HAVING NEW ACCOUNTS
OPENED.
OPENED.
OPENED. THEY WERE VERY INVASIVE.
THEY GOT INTO MY EXISTING
ACCOUNTS AND STARTED TO DRAIN
AND WORK THROUGH THOSE.
A 4@CREDIT FREEZE WOULD NOT HAV
HELPED.
HELPED.
HELPED. PERHAPS ALERTS ON YOUR ACCOUNT
SO THAT YOU KNOW AS SOON