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  Being a victim of ID Thief, I'd love to see a some help. An international institution called me, told me my SSN, bank account and CC number. Claimed I had won momeny in an international lottery they are affiliated with. Stupid me, believed it. 25k later, I'll be paying for the next 8-12 months, not to mention monitoring my SSN/credit forever, Fraud flag via CRA, police reports, changing CC #s, bank accounts, etc.. Would not be asking for full compensation, like anything else, we must take responsibilities for our own actions, however some percentage of full amount (ie: 30% grant/70% my responsibility) to help out at front end would be good thing. This turned out to be scam out of Jamaica.

  MM Posted April 14, 2009 9:42 AM
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  Why is the focus being placed on educating the victims?? Some responsibility for this problem should be placed on the banks and credit card companies that are giving credit over the phone or internet with very, very little validation of who they are really talking to. I just spent the last 10 months of my life trying to get an account off of my credit report that I did not even open. They ran up $22K and the company (GEMB for those who want to know) were the absolute rudest and worst people to deal with. If you get something in the mail from GEMB, my advice is to burn it immediately. Congress need to educate these companies, not the freakin victim that has worked his or her entire life to have decent credit.

  Ernest Bartarlomew Posted December 12, 2007 7:48 AM
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  What a waste of time and money. Why don't they go right to the source and restart the no match letters to employers and continue the raids on illegal immigrants who are using stolen, made up social security numbers of millions of citizens across the nation. I am one of those victims and the mess it created doesn't require "counseling" me. It requires doing something to the identity theft criminals.

  Norma Costa Posted December 11, 2007 8:35 AM
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  That is very good, but Congress also needs to pass a law that provides real, tangible help for those who are victims of ID theft. And the federal data breach and notification laws should, under no circumstances, preempt state or local laws.

  It shouldn't take months or years to get your credit and life back to normal, it should be very quick and the power needs to be given to the victims so everything that needs to be done can be done as quickly as possible. The longer it takes to fix the problem, the longer the individuals' lives are tarnished.

  AJ Posted December 11, 2007 8:31 AM
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  That is very good, but Congress also needs to pass a law that provides real, tangible help for those who are victims of ID theft. And the federal data breach and notification laws should, under no circumstances, preempt state or local laws.

  It shouldn't take months or years to get your credit and life back to normal, it should be very quick and the power needs to be given to the victims so everything that needs to be done can be done as quickly as possible. The longer it takes to fix the problem, the longer the individuals' lives are tarnished.

  AJ Posted December 11, 2007 8:28 AM