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U.S. Charges 3 in Massive ID Fraud (LARGEST ID THEFT IN HISTORY)
ap via abc news ^ | 11/25/2002 | ap

Posted on 11/25/2002 12:51:10 PM PST by TLBSHOW

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1 posted on 11/25/2002 12:51:10 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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I'm glad I haven't bought a Ford recently. Yes, I have a sneaking suspicion that Mohammed may belong to a certain . . . profile.
3 posted on 11/25/2002 12:55:49 PM PST by Cicero
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"With a few keystrokes, these men ... took their identities, ...and swiped their security"

So does this mean Poindexter has been charged again?
4 posted on 11/25/2002 12:57:21 PM PST by APBaer
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To: TLBSHOW
Happened to me in early 2001....Right when I bought a Ford.
5 posted on 11/25/2002 1:01:20 PM PST by Rodney King
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Im sorry that happend to you man, That really Sucks.....
6 posted on 11/25/2002 1:09:00 PM PST by cmsgop
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Authorities say the scheme began about three years ago when Philip Cummings, a help-desk worker at a computer software company, agreed to give an unidentified co-conspirator the passwords and codes for downloading consumer credit reports.

I wonder if that implies that the "passwords and codes" were good for a three year stretch. Almost everybody I know has to use the RSA SecurID number appended to their password(s) now. Which causes problems if you ever lose your "key"… but it prevents stuff like this.

7 posted on 11/25/2002 1:09:46 PM PST by thatsnotnice
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And Linus Baptiste? Haitian, unless I miss my guess. (Or perhaps coonass.) What that means, I have no idea.
8 posted on 11/25/2002 1:10:24 PM PST by Xenalyte
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Is it time to bring back the public gallows?
9 posted on 11/25/2002 1:10:37 PM PST by Gritty
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Oh, boy, Rodney, I really feel for you. Identity theft is horrible and takes almost heroic efforts to clean up the mess the thieves leave behind on one's credit record.
10 posted on 11/25/2002 1:12:20 PM PST by Catspaw
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Interesting. I recently had my first-ever unauthorized charges show up on American Express. They only attempted two buys before I caught them. One went through, one failed. They were buying wire crimping tools and cordless computer keyboards and having them shipped to Indonesia. Pretty weird.
11 posted on 11/25/2002 1:19:36 PM PST by Myrnick
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Hakeem Mohammed

Religion of Peace Alert!

How much funneled down to Al Quaeda through "Religion of Peace" charities?

12 posted on 11/25/2002 1:33:07 PM PST by Hermann the Cherusker
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I had some unauthorized charges show up on a Mastercard about a year ago--a small charge (around $11) to an internet cafe in Moscow. Like in Russia (not Idaho). When I called the company, they said to call the place to have the charges removed. I asked if they happened to have the number for the internet cafe in Moscow, Russia, handy because it wasn't listed on the invoice....I heard a bunch of clicking & clacking & other keyboard sounds & then she said, "Never mind," and they took care of it. It was a big scam that skimmed millions of credit cards.
13 posted on 11/25/2002 1:34:27 PM PST by Catspaw
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It would be ever so nifty if several of the consumers who were ripped off turned out to be members of organized crime families. Now that would be justice...
14 posted on 11/25/2002 1:38:28 PM PST by tracer
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Because these people caused such life-traumatizing to so many people, their lives should be traumatized to the point of death. Just get rid of them. Give them time to repent and get right with their Creator. But then remove them. Their sin is no accident.
15 posted on 11/25/2002 2:08:43 PM PST by Theo
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"Happened to me in early 2001....Right when I bought a Ford."

If we didn't have divulge all our personal information to do business then most of this could be prevented. For instance...I REFUSE to give any telephone company (cell phone company) my social number, driver's license number, etc. So in the end I can't get these convienences but at the same time can we trust these companies with this peronsal info. I think not.

Sorry this happened to you, but too many American's willing give up this info and look where it's gettting us!

16 posted on 11/25/2002 2:16:50 PM PST by George from New England
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To: American For Life
Oh but no one is supposed to PROFILE.

Can't be racially insensitive, now can we?

Hakeem Mohammed, oh, just another regular citizen, eh?

19 posted on 11/25/2002 2:30:22 PM PST by flamefront
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