IDENTITY THIEF

STORY ONE

• Me and my mother were at Olive Garden with some friends and we were all done eating and we where ready to pay and we ask for a iced coffee to go

PART TWO

• And we could have paid with the little machine that they had but we decided to go with the basic route of a normal check

PART THREE

• And she ended up writing down all the credit card information and texting or calling a friend and telling that friend the information and started buying stuff with our credit card

HOW TO AVOID IT

• We should had paid with the machine so that the only way that they would have our information is if the manager went into the system and looked it up

STORY TWO

• Todd Davis is this LifeLock and as a advertisement he put his Social Security number into a magazine in billboards all across America because he trusted his company so much he would be safe

PART TWO

• And his company identity theft did not see anything happen it's OK thought that he had before you did this but years later he was trying to take out a $500 loan and found out that he had over hundreds and thousands worth of debt and. A bunch of people had open credit cards in his name

PART THREE

• And now for years his credit will be ruined probably until the day he dies it is so bad

HOW TO AVOID IT

• To put your Social Security in magazines and billboards

STORY THREE

• Imagine the horror of waking up to news that you had accumulated hundreds of thousands in debt after someone used your identity for unauthorized purchases. This is exactly what happened to John Harrison, a Connecticut salesman.

PART TWO

• Jerry Phillips, the twenty year old who stole John Harrison’s identity went on a shopping spree that included purchases to Home Depot, JC Penny, Sears, Lowes and even bought two cars from Ford, a Kawasaki and a Harley. In just four months Jerry Phillips was able to accumulate $265,000 in purchases.

PART THREE

• Jerry Phillips was later arrested and imprisoned for three years. He even went as far as to apologize to John Harrison saying, “Sorry. You know, I wish I could make it up to you.” John Harrison felt that the nightmare was over with the criminal behind bars and even verbally acknowledging his regret over the crime. But despite all of this and a letter from the Justice Department confirming that John Harrison was a victim, he still found himself owing $140,000 to different creditors.

HOW TO AVOID IT

• Change you pin every month or so and Monitor your bank account