OMG Massive credit card fraud

[welst10]

Today I received a credit card statement from ATT Universal Card (issued by citibank). The name and address are mine. But the account number is NOT (I do have an ATT card, but it has a different account number). I called the customer service. This account has different password and social security number. So this account is someone else's, not mine. It has an old balance of $5573. The CSR closed the account and sent the case to their fraud dept. I think the person who owns the card used my name when applying and spent a large amount on it and then changed billing address to my address too. I hope citibank catch this criminal. The CSr didn't say whether they will contact me regarding the investigation results. But I really want to know who stole my identity.

 

[conjur]

 
<---- whistles innocently while booting up his new quad-Xeon server...

 

[Modeps]

at least they arent making you pay for it.

 

[raanemaan]

Time for me to move onto another card LOL

 

[welst10]

It's funny that citibak showed so many "indentity theft" commercials on TV recently. You would think they're very secure against these kind of things. Apparently not true.

 

[amdforever2]

Originally posted by: Modeps
at least they arent making you pay for it.

Contact all three credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian, and Transunion and have them place a fraud alert on your credit reports.

Any time someone applies for credit using your SSN, you should get a phone call verifying it's you asking for credit.

They usually ask questions like "what is the credit limit of your random bank visa card" or "when did you open your car loan".

You'll also want to make sure this AT&amp;T account that isn't yours is not appearing on your credit reports.

 

[DaWhim]

well, I like the virtual account one time use cc# now. I just found out about it today.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: amdforever2

Originally posted by: Modeps
at least they arent making you pay for it.

Contact all three credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian, and Transunion and have them place a fraud alert on your credit reports.

Any time someone applies for credit using your SSN, you should get a phone call verifying it's you asking for credit.

They usually ask questions like "what is the credit limit of your random bank visa card" or "when did you open your car loan".

You'll also want to make sure this AT&amp;T account that isn't yours is not appearing on your credit reports.

good advice. also get copies of your credit report from all 3 agencies. who knows if there's something else amiss.

 

[welst10]

Originally posted by: amdforever2

Originally posted by: Modeps
at least they arent making you pay for it.

Contact all three credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian, and Transunion and have them place a fraud alert on your credit reports.

Any time someone applies for credit using your SSN, you should get a phone call verifying it's you asking for credit.

They usually ask questions like "what is the credit limit of your random bank visa card" or "when did you open your car loan".

You'll also want to make sure this AT&amp;T account that isn't yours is not appearing on your credit reports.

wow, thanks! I didn't know that. will try them.

 

[Turkish]

that sucks.

 

[bugoox]

yo momma

 

[minendo]

This account has different password and social security number.

Then why the hell are you worried?

If it is attached to someone elses SS number it in no way concerns you.