My car was broken into today. Found the glove compartment open with stuff strewn about, and the frame to my door and window are damaged (looks like they pried their way inside). This was done overnight, and I was not the only one whose cars were broken into. My landlord's car also was hit too. In fact, I think the culprits were casing the entire underground parking lot.
The only thing of value is my cellphone, but they didn't take it for some reason. But there was a bunch of receipts that were inside the car, stashed away in a small compartment. Among those receipts was an expired copy of my driver's license. Guess they were looking for credit cards and took the whole stack.
I'm not sure if the theft of an expired drivers license is good news, given recent news reports about identity theft. But then again, I don't think the culprits are very bright. My landlord says they may have come from a housing complex across the street known for its petty crime.
So, I ask: should I worry or not?
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
No.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
Unless there was, like, a really bad photo on your old driver's license.
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
Yeah - right like I'm going to just answer you. How do we know if it is really you?
I need to see some ID.
Posted by Marauth (Member # 1320) on :
What did his old driving licence have his Flare forum ID and password in it? This could be a hoodlum from the housing block across his street, maybe they stole a computer and a phone socket and are masquerading as him on the internet.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
The exact same thing happened to a friend of mine a couple years ago. There was a bank statement in her car, she found her account cleared out a few weeks later. If that thing had your social security number on it, all I can think to do is watch things very carefully to make sure you don't suddenly have new credit cards.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
You can call the credit bureaus and have a flag put on your info so that they have to contact you and get authorization every time anyone tries to open an accout with your info. That way no one can set anything up without your consent. Also, I'd recommend transferring your acct #'s through the banks and such, and also have a password put on all of them so that if someone calls in, they can not 4-step verify you without that password.
That's what we tell people to do here at the bank I work at, at least....
Good luck!!
Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :
quote:Originally posted by LOA: You can call the credit bureaus and have a flag put on your info so that they have to contact you and get authorization every time anyone tries to open an accout with your info. That way no one can set anything up without your consent. Also, I'd recommend transferring your acct #'s through the banks and such, and also have a password put on all of them so that if someone calls in, they can not 4-step verify you without that password.
That's what we tell people to do here at the bank I work at, at least....
Good luck!!
That's a bloody good idea LOA, I hope that's applicable in the UK (one would think so). I'm going to investigate that tomorrow.
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