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yo soy sab! si, yo soy!
Someone TOOK my identity! Someone TOOK it to VEGAS and withdrew MONEY! *MY* money!
Someone was in Vegas THIS WEEK accessing my bank account and using my ID. DUDE.
So, I stopped the thingy with the bank and they cancelled my thingy, and I went to the police and I have to fill out an affidavit and get it notarized and once again I am trapped in an insane feedback loop as the police can't file a claim without a photo ID, and, as those of you playing the home game know, I don't HAVE my ID because all I had to my name was the expired NY driver's license that was STOLEN, and in order to get a CA driver's license I have to go to COURT and pay all these THINGS and get a state-issued birth certificate and a passport and whatnot --
So as the quest for a driver's license enters its SECOND YEAR, the process becomes more desperate as somewhere out there someone has spent FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS of MY MONEY in Vegas (and would have taken much more had I not been so deeply broke -- apparently they tried subsequent times to withdraw increments of $400 only to be refused at the ATM...and charge me overdraft fees) and I don't even have a credit card with which to use to order the eight dollar credit report over the phone.
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somedaybitch who reminded me, among other things, about the state-issued non-driver's photo ID that the DMV can ostensibly provide, sorlklewis who helped with, among other things, tacos and an offer to use her card to order the goddamned credit reports and birth certificats, and wearemany who is many, and who will represent for me at Bridge School while I sit here crying in my beer and filling out police reports.
Someone was in Vegas THIS WEEK accessing my bank account and using my ID. DUDE.
So, I stopped the thingy with the bank and they cancelled my thingy, and I went to the police and I have to fill out an affidavit and get it notarized and once again I am trapped in an insane feedback loop as the police can't file a claim without a photo ID, and, as those of you playing the home game know, I don't HAVE my ID because all I had to my name was the expired NY driver's license that was STOLEN, and in order to get a CA driver's license I have to go to COURT and pay all these THINGS and get a state-issued birth certificate and a passport and whatnot --
So as the quest for a driver's license enters its SECOND YEAR, the process becomes more desperate as somewhere out there someone has spent FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS of MY MONEY in Vegas (and would have taken much more had I not been so deeply broke -- apparently they tried subsequent times to withdraw increments of $400 only to be refused at the ATM...and charge me overdraft fees) and I don't even have a credit card with which to use to order the eight dollar credit report over the phone.
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somedaybitch who reminded me, among other things, about the state-issued non-driver's photo ID that the DMV can ostensibly provide, sorlklewis who helped with, among other things, tacos and an offer to use her card to order the goddamned credit reports and birth certificats, and wearemany who is many, and who will represent for me at Bridge School while I sit here crying in my beer and filling out police reports.
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I'll sit here and be angry for you. anyone I can punch?
xxG
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I think I was TOO, and there was someone in Vegas, havin' fun with my RENT MONEY!
Yes, punch everyone, if you'd be so kind.
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so, wait, what's the deal with your birth certificate? you can't get one??
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Of course, in order to get the state-issued birth certificate I have to call New York (and presumably somehow prove my identity to the New York people) and pay $15 over the phone (which has become more difficult considering all my CARDS are CANCELLED, enter Bronwyn the hero) and have them send me a wossname iffen they don't need me to jump through more hoops to prove my identity to THEM --
And then I take the birth certif to the DMV and they give me a non-driver's ID, and THEN I go to the police and do the thingy.
Meanwhile, I continue to go to court to pay the fines and wossname to get the DRIVER'S license I still don't have.
Love,
Sab
*GROWL*
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*sigh*
Though it really IS mysterious, because clearly whatever I have on me at the moment has to be sufficient to GET my birth certif, so what does HAVING it prove?
A: That I can send fifteen dollars to the City of New York. Enjoy, Michael Bloomberg.
But YOU are such a champion, and I will call you tomorrow if there's crises?
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THANK YOU!
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It just might. It just might. Also, $5 movie in Los Feliz! maybe this weekend, if I can find $5!
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Not to trivialize your pain...
Maybe I watch too many reruns of Friends.
Re: Not to trivialize your pain...
I mean, if I could afford a trip to Vegas I'll bet *I* coulda WON with that money! I coulda doubled it, hell, tripled it (trebled it!), I tell you whut.
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And, DUDE. THe worst was when the police said, "no problem, we'll fill out a report, do you have a valid California driver's license?"
And then we all sat on a log and laughed.
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*hugs* I'm sorry. Best of luck.
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I hope they lost in Vegas. And that their picture is on the ATM and they go to jail. Because they probably can't even pronounce your last name if asked.
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Do you recall if the bank access was the only vulnerable thing where/when the theft occurred? Can you account for other cards, IDs, etc.?
I am so, so sorry this happened to you. ((((((Sab))))))
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Just as an FYI, you don't have to pay for your credit reports. They're free when you're a victim of identity theft. Call the fraud lines for each bureau -- the numbers should be on the company web sites; they're different from the main number for ordering reports. They'll also put blocks on your reports so no one can get credit in your name.
Also, you should be able to write to the county where you were born with your info and get a certified copy of your birth certificate. I've done that several times in the past few years (like to get my passport).
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hang in there, or. something. I know you will, anyhow.
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*stomps on the asshat who apparently isn't enough of a loser but has to go and gamble your money away*
((((((you))))))
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Have you tried freecreditreport.com? You get one free report per year, by law. All three agencies.
I really hope the fake you is having a lousy time.
I'll be glad to notidentify the individual in a lineup when I'm in Vegas in a couple of weeks, if they catch her. "I know Sab, and you, ma'am are no Sab."
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To reiterate what others have said, you're entitled to one free credit report a year from each of the 3 credit reporting bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union), regardless of whether or not your identity's been stolen. https://www.annualcreditreport.com/
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