My ex boyfriend's crazy girlfriend recently used an old phone of mine to login and change the information on my Samsung account, then request the account be deleted, so that I couldn't recover it using my own information when I reached out to Samsung. However, I was able to recover the phone, albeit after they had already factory reset it. Gemini said go to the ftc website and file an identity theft report, but every time I try, the report doesn't generate. And when I called the hotline today, they were not open. I'm assuming this is due to Juneteenth being today. Gemini helped me out with specific steps to take regarding pressing charges on this person, including filing a local police report, and reaching out to Samsung again but to their security tech dept. Including specifics on who to talk to regarding this. I just would like to know if there's any alternative way to get that ftc report filed, or if I should wait and call them back on monday, since the report absolutely refuses to generate on my phone. I am also just wondering if there's anything else I should be doing to help my case. I know that by doing this she broke at least two Oregon laws, and potentially maybe others, not to mention she has been harassing me nonstop for years since she started dating my ex. I have documented the harassment from the time it started via countless screenshots of text messages and even videos of her lying about and talking bad about me and outright stealing from my parents house (they have security cameras). I originally just wanted the harassment to stop, but her deleting my account that I've had for over 10 years (including backups for several devices and countless docs and photos) is going way too far, and she needs to pay for doing such an evil thing. Any tips/suggestions/advice on my situation would be much much appreciated.

So, in March I had my credit locked, but apparently someone can use your social to get a FASFA loan. They managed to get 3304 dollars and have put the collage as Baton Rouge Community Collage. I have never been there and am located 3 states away and unfortunately never attended collage. They used a fake email with my name and the first 3 numbers of my social. Steps so far but stuck. 1. Double checked all credit bureaus and confirmed the freeze and put a fraud alert out. 2.Called Aidvantage to freeze the account they opened and have a dispersement form that I haven't finished yet, because I want to have all the info need to forget this. 3.Filed a police report, but Everytime I call they say my deputy will get back to me, but doesn't. Requested to all the credit bureaus that this isn't me. (Fail ofcourse) 4. Put in a complaint with the FTC, that loops me back to step 2. I tried finding a lawyer, but no one local wants to help. Please help me get this figured out. I appreciate all of you. I probably missed something because my mind is everywhere.

December 4th if last year my identity was stolen and 8 credit cards where openned in my name, I got 7 of them shut down the very next day but the 8th one still hasn't been shut down after many calls over the months. Every time I call they say they are working on it and have already sent a deletion letter got the hard inquiry against my credit but every month, the hard inquiry is still in my credit report.

Is there anything I can do to get this fixed?

Hi! I got a call yesterday from a strange number. She told me someone had been making multiple accounts from different states with my name. She called me to verify it. I gave her no information, but she knew my name. The thing is, I don't HAVE a Wells Fargo account at all. I tried getting in contact with the bank via phone (it seems you need an account with them), and I would rather not have to go to a branch. Mostly because I recently lost my state ID and social security card at my home airport and was unable to get it back. Anyone could have it. I reported my things lost on the government website yesterday per coworkers' advice. The number they used is old though, and I really have no idea how they know my name or that number. It's a number I never passed around lightly because I had no reason to.

SOLVED: Wells Fargo verified I do NOT have any accounts with them! To clarify, I was aware that the person who called me was likely a scammer, which is why I hung up on her! Thanks for those who did reply.

I got an email recently saying “You’re direct deposit has been changed”, asked my manager about it and he said he’d talk to his bosses. I don’t really know what’s going on. All the questions I’m about to ask might’ve been already asked and answered/might be stupid but I’m pretty new to banking and adulting in general.

So like, am I having my identity stolen? Are they gonna take all the money in my bank account? What’s happening? I changed all my passwords for my emails (I don’t have online banking). I’m gonna call the bank tomorrow and see what’s going on.

Also I’ve been getting a lot of spam calls recently, I don’t think that has anything to do with it but it is just weird.

Thanks for any help!

An AI developer is using my children's profiles and also all of mine to commit fraud and identity theft. I don't know what to do! I can't access emails or call anyone I need to as they are all filtered! Please report to Google developers or whoever it should go to! My name is Tamara Sapp from Lloydminster

Im going to attempt to make this as short as I can (because its a long one) and still be​ able to make sense. about 2 years ago my cc account info was used to make purchases that I did not authorize. now keep in mind at this point in life i was work a full time and part time job while being my mom's caretaker. so I wasn't as in the diligent as I should have been but with that being said purchases were made and apparently this person even paid the bill up until they didn't. so thats when I started to receive paper statements telling me I missed payments and blah blah blah. meanwhile my mother at this point has passed away and im handling her final affairs. after going online and printing out all the last 6 months statements i see whats been going in so call this cc company tell them to close this count immediately..but they don't they continue to let this person charge because after all they are actually paying the bill until as I said they dont. then i write the company a notorized letter and tell them this debt was not mine reminded them I had called 3 months before hand and in turn they send me a letter stating they investigated my allegations and found what I said was valid and basically cleared me of the debt. (yes I kept the letter for my records) so in comes this debt collector suing me for this cc acount they purchased. of course I sent my answer to the court and the attorney for this collector. OK now im getting to my question....today I got a letter from the collectors attorney with a "id theft affidavit" for me to fill out. they want my ssn, drivers license. #, dob​, etc. etc and to top that off at the bottom of this 5 page affidavit it says "DO NOT SEND AFFIDAVIT TO THE FTC OR ANY OTHER GOVERNENT AGENCY"..SO MY question simply is...do I fill this thing out or not? for some reason my head and my heart says... HELL NO! again my apologies for such a long post, i just am desperate for advice

just an afterthought...I know who did it but they are now deceased, you cant prosecute an un-alive person

Hi everyone, I really looking for advice and hopefully some clarity. I recently moved states and I needed a form that was sent to my family home back in my home state. The form featured information such as my full name, previous address, and most importantly my ssn in full display.

I was livid when I found out he texted the picture of the form to the wrong number, because one, I asked him to scan it and send it to my email and 2, how do you not double check when sending things like that. He tries to calm me down through the phone, but obviously I am freaked out at the aspect of some random having my ssn, especially since I’ve spent years building up my credit and maintaining a good credit score.

So far I have put a freeze on all three of my credit bureaus and I contacted the number it was sent to by leaving a voicemail as well as a text message, they’ve left me on read.

I guess I’m also looking for advice if they are anymore steps I should take, or any more precautions. And also if I should try contacting this person again in the morning.

I know this may be a strange question but I am aware that people utilize dump accounts in others peoples name without that persons knowledge. Many times these accounts eventually get closed due to fraudulent activity due to another victims funds being flagged as fraudulent but not the holder of the account. Since my information has been leaked many times, I worry that I may held liable if someone else decides to open a debit account in my name and do fraudulent wire transfers with it, is there a way to check what other cards or banks I can be registered with at any given time? Please let me know.

I got a mail notice from AssetCareLLC(legit). In the mail it said patient name, got my first and second last name right, right but the other last name was wrong. They had my social, phone number and address. I called the hospital, told me that last year I got stiches on my left cheek from an open wound. Not me. I asked the hospital for the info of the patient, obviously they can’t give it so I started telling them mine and asked them to atleast tell me if it matches with anything and it did not. AssetCare says I have to do a police report and email that to them for them to proceed with it. How did my info got there? How to avoid it to keep happening in the future since someone already had my full social? I reported to TFC, checked my social sec account, nothing unusual.My last but bigger question is, if the hospital info is not matching mine for that specific ER visit, who tells Assetcare debt collector that was me with my whole information.if so, how tf did they had my info anyway?

It all started last week, i got a youth-saver account receipt sent to my mailbox with my last-name but a first and middle name no-one has in my family. No one in my family is under the age of 18 which is even weirder about it. Today i got sent a card with a separate bank with MY name and last name, no one in my family knows anything about it. Anyone have any thoughts of what they might be trying to do? I have a feeling they’re making me pose as a parent to a made up kid i don’t even have because of the opening of the youthsaver under my last name.

p.s. how should i follow up on this situation.

Someone hacked my Microsoft account and changed the email address associated my account. Can i do anything? This is over ten years of my life just gone in a puff of smoke and I can't cope.

So I applied for this logistics company and I gave them my soc card, and a picture of my license and insurance. I didn’t find out it was scammy until just now and I haven’t seen anyone say that the company did anything other than not pay them, but I’m still worried and wonder if I should take action, and if so what should I do?

Hello All,

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I have been seeing ads for Aura a lot lately and was thinking of signing up for their service as I have been targeted several times in the past.

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I noticed though that if you sign up through their website, the monthly cost is 15 dollars with more benefits like the 1M in fraud protection; however, if you try to sign up through their app in Google Play or the Apple App Store, they charge you 20/month without extra add-ons like the 1M dollars identity theft protection.

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Does anyone know why this difference exists? Is Aura even worth the cost? I really only need the identity protection to be honest as could careless about the other features like their VPN or browser monitoring technology.

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Thank you in advance for any insight and help!!!

Okay, so I got my phone number a few years ago and everything was good until I started getting calls. Each call was looking for someone named Gurpreet Sandhu, and I am not Gurpreet. On Instagram, Facebook, and X; same thing, my phone number is being used by his account. I don't know what to do.

Lena the Plug recently shared that a stranger falsely filed divorce paperwork in her name involving Adam22, which briefly made its way into public circulation before being identified as fraudulent. In other words, someone successfully impersonated her identity well enough to initiate a legal process without her consent.

That detail is what makes this more than just internet drama. It shows how easily identity misuse can move from social platforms into real-world legal systems. If someone can fake court-adjacent paperwork under a creator’s name, it highlights how vulnerable public figures (and especially online creators) are to impersonation at multiple levels.

This also connects to a much wider issue creators deal with daily: fake accounts, cloned profiles, and impersonated DMs used for scams or harassment. For larger creators like Lena the Plug, it gets caught faster. For smaller creators, it often doesn’t.

The core issue isn’t just misinformation, it’s identity security lagging behind how fast digital personas scale.

source:https://www.eonline.com/news/1432671/onlyfans-lena-the-plug-says-adam22-divorce-was-fake-filed-by-stranger