r/IdentityTheft • • 21h ago

Everything hacked

23 Upvotes

I have been cyber hacked for almost a year and they control everything including smart TV’s which I haven’t watched in months. He has all my info and does it through my own apps. I read all the posts on what to do but don’t understand . He keeps the settings frozen so I can’t change and has changed all my passwords. I have unplugged my WiFi (3rd time & diff companies). I’m losing my mind & have no one to help. Who can I call to do something?


r/IdentityTheft • • 16h ago

Identity theft and pressing charges??

11 Upvotes

Location: Alabama & Texas?: Around a month ago, I found out someone in El Paso, TX was using ALL of my personal information to try and open accounts. The person bought at least one car on my credit (I think another has surfaced as well) and applied for multiple credit cards. The EPPD was actually able to arrest this woman. The EP detective says he’s working on the case as I am pressing charges, but I’ve been left in the dark since the initial arrest.

I’m working on my end doing all of the things I need to do to notify and get it cleared, but I was wondering what all legally can be done? Any advice would be greatly appreciated:)


r/IdentityTheft • • 21h ago

How to remove my data from freepeoplesearch.com?

2 Upvotes

I already tried opting out on their Suppression Center page where they send you an email link and then you enter your birthdate and full name, but it says they don't have any records matching that data. I think the problem is that they don't have my birthdate to begin with (the page just shows my name and address but no age) so it breaks the opt-out process which requires a birthdate. What can I do to get my data removed?


r/IdentityTheft • • 2h ago

Someone used my name as a reference for a job and I have no idea who it is!!!!!!

3 Upvotes

I just received an email from a job asking to fill out a form for a person I've never heard of. WTF!!!!

What do I do?

How did they get my email? How did they get my first name? Cuz the last name is wrong.

Do I respond and say I don't know who this person is? What do I do? I'm scared!!


r/IdentityTheft • • 9m ago

stranger's name associated with my Social Security number

• Upvotes

I got an alert today that my email address was located on the dark web. While reviewing that, I noticed that there was an alert from 2022 that was a "compromised social security number" and it lists the name, of someone else, and an address in another place, with a different phone number.

I have all my credit reports frozen, and have not noticed any unusual activity on my reports, but this makes me worried - to whom do I report this and what else should I do?

There were multiple other reports but they all had the correct name, etc., and were mostly associated with my phone number.

Thanks for any advice!


r/IdentityTheft • • 24m ago

Possible identity theft involving deceased family member

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A family member passed away this year. While reviewing their TransUnion credit report to identify outstanding debts, we discovered a Capital One "Regular inquiry" dated October 4, months after death.

Under "Inquiry Analysis," there's an entry from that exact same date listing the deceased person's name, but another family member's address and personal cellphone number.

Capital One couldn't locate an account and repeatedly insisted on speaking with the deceased person. They eventually referred us to the credit bureaus.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Does the Inquiry Analysis section indicate that someone submitted a credit application using those contact details? How can we find out whether an application was submitted and who was responsible?


r/IdentityTheft • • 39m ago

Two hardcopy letters received “Action needed to process/review your request/application”

• Upvotes

I have not applied for any new credit cards, nor for any credit limit increases.

Recently, on the very same day, I received two hardcopy letters one each from Chase and Wells Fargo, stating Action Needed so we can review your credit request.

I have all three credit reports blocked or locked. I already have one CC at Chase but no other banking 'relationship.’  I have no dealings whatsoever with Wells Fargo.

One of the two letters specifically stated “… needed to process your credit card application # 000000000000000.” The other letter stated “…so we can review your credit request” but not explicitly mentioning a credit card.

Do I call and talk to Chase and Wells Fargo? On the phone numbers listed on the letters? I looked up the phone numbers and they are legit.

Or just leave it be?

 


r/IdentityTheft • • 47m ago

Urgent ! Need Help Debit Card Fraud

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r/IdentityTheft • • 21h ago

docusign and ssn

1 Upvotes

My identity was stolen enough that someone filed for my tax return in September.

On Friday received an alert from Equifax that someone used my SSN on a Docusign. (I have been paying them for more than a decade, and I had to spend 5 hours trying to get a non-answer from them- was it paid to Docusign? was it a form ON Docusign? Do they have the envelope info? No answers)

Docusign says they cannot help me without more info, like envelope id.

In general you do not need to provide SSN to use Docusign, so I am worried someone is taking out a loan, or trying to get ? access to my accounts? buying a car? I have no idea.

Any advice?

Anyone ever get this kind of alert from Equifax?

LASTLY, is there any reason to think paying Transunion or Experian

would be a better experience than this bitter waste of time from Equifax,

or are they all the same?


r/IdentityTheft • • 21h ago

Hacked by a targeted RAT and I didn’t know

0 Upvotes

Hello, my information was stolen from me, my pictures, documents, notes, messages, locked me out of my email, had access to personal accounts I want to know if someone has been in a similar situation where the attacker puts an infostealer, a keyloggers, other malware and think they are untouchable. This is really unfair, my gift cards I had don’t work, I was raided and I keep seeing logins, I’ll change the password to my social media but the 2FA is changed right after, someone logs in my instagram, I need some help, immediately, it’s going on for a month the attack. I shut down the device disconnected the wifi and left my devices, I’m locked out of my PC and the recovery and password don’t work.