Identity Theft Issues Raise their Ugly Heads Once Again!
During May 2012 I had some crooks steal my identity by creating fake checks and passing these two checks at a Lowes and Walmart here in Katy TX. I wrote a previous post about these issues arising once again on JUNE 1, 2015. I will not waste a bunch of time rehashing the past issues. Today once again a new credit collection group named Trident Asset Management called me this morning.
I had a call from this group about 2 weeks ago but I thought it was some type of scam as they wanted me to verify my Social Security number to a company I had never heard of before. They said they were justified as they had “ the last 4 digits of my social”. No chance for me to fall that nonsense. Today they told me they are reporting a negative item on my credit report. Check your credit report I was told. So I did and found out this group filed the false claim from a previous fly by night collection company and they were pressing for collection. I did not tell them anything. When this fraud item first happened I got some calls from a collection outfit or supposed collection group. They wanted copies of personal identity proof items from both Yolanda and myself. I to this day have never received any official or unofficial notice from Lowe’s that these prior groups or Trident group is working on their behalf for collection of a fraudulent item.
I do have buried in a file copies of the phony checks written on a non-existent bank organization by using Chase’s ABA number or routing number and our old account.
I ran my credit report today which showed the negative reported item by trident and protested online the Trident claim. I will call all three credit bureaus to add to the protest I already made and file original protests with the other two organizations. I did file a police report in Fort Bend County Texas back in 2012 just after this fraud was revealed. If I get pushed to the wall I file file suit in Texas Small Claims court against both Lowe's and Trident. I suspect the Judge will not be amused when i show the fake chek copies.
So here we go again with all this wasted time and energy defending my credit and identity. I guess the only I can say to everyone is to keep all the associated documents forever if something this happens to you. These flea bag collection groups sell the collection item off and it just goes on and on with no 7 year expiration. These credit protection laws need to be modified.
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