CEO of ID Protection Firm Has ID Stolen 13 Times

[Guest]

A mother used her daughter's identity for the last 6 years and the sheriff and judge let her do it. Last December she online the mother got a credit card at a bank using a real social security number, her daughter's name and employer and a fake birth date. The bank writes it off and no charges since the States Attorney will not prosecute a "friend". Forget the FBI as the public pays the bills. The one time the feds did prosecute a 100 dollar fine and no restitution. FREE MONEY courtesy of State Judges.
google a brief history of an id thief.

 

[HappyBB]

Nothing is 100% safe in this world.

 

[Guest]

I'm trying so hard to hold it in... Wait for it... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

 

[Syndil]

I think this qualifies as an epic fail.

 

[scott_madison1]

Haha this makes me giggle like a school girl! I always watched those commercials and the only thing I saw was giant bullzeyes with this guys ss number on it >

 

[nukemaster]

OUCH!
Even worse that his company clearly does NOTHING to stop this.

 

[gwolfman]

[citation][nom]HappyBB[/nom]Nothing is 100% safe in this world.[/citation]
Abstinence is.

 

[scott_madison1]

[citation][nom]gwolfman[/nom]Abstinence is.[/citation]
The virgin Mary had a baby right? It's more like 99.999 percent.

 

[Marco925]

Too funny,

I love the screenie that was posted.

I wonder if this CEO is getting paid up to $1 million for each identity theft?

 

[zaznet]

The failure is the credit system based on a name and number with no real safeguards for the consumers. The system itself is entirely broken and needs to be reinvented.

 

[Marco925]

I checked the website, it looks like he took down his info.

 

[samely]

What's just as interesting is his backstory prior to starting that company, where he stole his Dad's identity or something like that.

 

[TeraMedia]

I seem to remember reading a news article about some win by the credit scoring agencies with Congress. In a nutshell, they were able to prevent Lifelock from doing the key thing that made the identity safeguarding work, so that we the consumers would have to pay the credit agencies directly (and more, and more often) for the same privilege.

It was a coup by the CRA lobbyists, and all of us (and apparently Todd) are paying for it.

Think your congressman works for you? Think again. Think Experian or Equifax cares about identity theft? Think again; they probably profit from it. I hear TransUnion is a bit more consumer-friendly, but I couldn't say for sure.

 

[dark_lord69]

I think this is hilarious!
Seriously...
What do you expect when you taunt people?
That is like a company claiming thier webpage is unhackable. You know every hacker our there is going to take it as a personal challange.

 

[boogalooelectric]

I always wondered if that service was on the level and now we know that it is not. The only real protection against ID theft is to minimize your profile, make it hard for them to find you because once they do its over and you have problems. My wife had her ID stolen by a dumpster diver years before it became prolific on the net so if they want to get you they will.

The only thing you can do is stay away from high profile sights like myspace, facebook, twitter, Livejournal, linkedin, classmates.com etc. and shred your personal mail especially anything with sensitive info on it. In essence do what you can to keep the crosshairs off of your forehead.

 

[turbolover22]

Thanks Jane for posting this article.

I have been looking for that number for a while now and couldn't remember where I had seen it. Now that I have it again...

 

[crinky]

i like top gear. the best sports car show ever made

 

[JohnnyLucky]

There is no privacy on the net.