Other Added - Jay, My Friend, Battles Id Theft And Protects His Credit

Sipping a Cappuccino and taking notes about a good performing stock, I looked up at the sound of the door opening and closing and smiled at the sight of my friend Jay, a male real estate agent, one of the first friends in my circle to have an espresso maker at home back in the eighties. Of course the rage in Jay's place now is martinis, martini glasses and fancy smancy olives. About those martinis...last time over at his place he served me a lemongrass and ginger one and next came the chocolate one. Now those were enjoyable for novelty sake, but like I told Jay, I like my martini's straight up and stirred, no fancy flavored Vodka for me. He laughed and called me "James Bond."

I teased, "No it's 007."

Seeing Jay walk in wearing an all black shirt with silver martini glass style buttons I smiled, same old Jay. The Armani jeans also in black, said it all. I chuckled, "Who died?". In classic Jay style he took one look at my emblem-less gray sweatshirt and Costco purchased Kirkland jeans and answered, "Casual doesn't have to be boring and the me-to-ism look of yours, Stan has got to go. Costco brand jeans, you can do better, what happened to your classic 501's?"

"They're in the laundry bin."

"Well, that's better than saying, you're dog ate them."

I laughed.

Jay ordered a double espresso couple bags of espresso beans and took out a wad of cash. I couldn't help but notice how empty the slots of the wallet looked; the slots normally were maxed out with plastic.

Prying I said, "Where's the plastic? You're like the king of it."

Jay said, "I'm giving it a rest."

"You? I don't believe it. Confess up, you're budgetting. I mean finally budgetting. So you got sick of spending beyond your limit?"

"No. ID theft, someone nabbed me and tried to be me, but what lousy taste, man. They ranked up $10,000 at Kmart in Phoenix, $5000 on my credit card there too and a vacation at Holiday Inn in Tucson. Now if it was a quick trip to Rio or Paris or the Armani store, maybe. Seriously, no joking man, I got hit and I'm in real cleanup mode now."

"You're not alone Jay. I read in the New York Times how more than 27 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years. This is serious. What are doing to get out of this mess?"

I got an attorney who's handling things on the legal side of things proving I never lived in Arizona and it's not me and that's the scary thing they got a dummy address on me at some residential address in Phoenix and my social security number, that's what the guy used to get the cell phone and rank up a huge bill. Hiring a credit repair attorney to Don't Leave For School Without Health Insurance For Students
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I teased, "No it's 007."

Seeing Jay walk in wearing an all black shirt with silver martini glass style buttons I smiled, same old Jay. The Armani jeans also in black, said it all. I chuckled, "Who died?". In classic Jay style he took one look at my emblem-less gray sweatshirt and Costco purchased Kirkland jeans and answered, "Casual doesn't have to be boring and the me-to-ism look of yours, Stan has got to go. Costco brand jeans, you can do better, what happened to your classic 501's?"

"They're in the laundry bin."

"Well, that's better than saying, you're dog ate them."

I laughed.

Jay ordered a double espresso couple bags of espresso beans and took out a wad of cash. I couldn't help but notice how empty the slots of the wallet looked; the slots normally were maxed out with plastic.

Prying I said, "Where's the plastic? You're like the king of it."

Jay said, "I'm giving it a rest."

"You? I don't believe it. Confess up, you're budgetting. I mean finally budgetting. So you got sick of spending beyond your limit?"

"No. ID theft, someone nabbed me and tried to be me, but what lousy taste, man. They ranked up $10,000 at Kmart in Phoenix, $5000 on my credit card there too and a vacation at Holiday Inn in Tucson. Now if it was a quick trip to Rio or Paris or the Armani store, maybe. Seriously, no joking man, I got hit and I'm in real cleanup mode now."

"You're not alone Jay. I read in the New York Times how more than 27 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years. This is serious. What are doing to get out of this mess?"

I got an attorney who's handling things on the legal side of things proving I never lived in Arizona and it's not me and that's the scary thing they got a dummy address on me at some residential address in Phoenix and my social security number, that's what the guy used to get the cell phone and rank up a huge bill. Hiring a credit repair attorney to A Leadership Screw Driver: The 90 Day Improvement Plan
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"They're in the laundry bin."

"Well, that's better than saying, you're dog ate them."

I laughed.

Jay ordered a double espresso couple bags of espresso beans and took out a wad of cash. I couldn't help but notice how empty the slots of the wallet looked; the slots normally were maxed out with plastic.

Prying I said, "Where's the plastic? You're like the king of it."

Jay said, "I'm giving it a rest."

"You? I don't believe it. Confess up, you're budgetting. I mean finally budgetting. So you got sick of spending beyond your limit?"

"No. ID theft, someone nabbed me and tried to be me, but what lousy taste, man. They ranked up $10,000 at Kmart in Phoenix, $5000 on my credit card there too and a vacation at Holiday Inn in Tucson. Now if it was a quick trip to Rio or Paris or the Armani store, maybe. Seriously, no joking man, I got hit and I'm in real cleanup mode now."

"You're not alone Jay. I read in the New York Times how more than 27 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years. This is serious. What are doing to get out of this mess?"

I got an attorney who's handling things on the legal side of things proving I never lived in Arizona and it's not me and that's the scary thing they got a dummy address on me at some residential address in Phoenix and my social security number, that's what the guy used to get the cell phone and rank up a huge bill. Hiring a credit repair attorney to Maximise Your Profits From Pay Per Click Search Engines
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"You? I don't believe it. Confess up, you're budgetting. I mean finally budgetting. So you got sick of spending beyond your limit?"

"No. ID theft, someone nabbed me and tried to be me, but what lousy taste, man. They ranked up $10,000 at Kmart in Phoenix, $5000 on my credit card there too and a vacation at Holiday Inn in Tucson. Now if it was a quick trip to Rio or Paris or the Armani store, maybe. Seriously, no joking man, I got hit and I'm in real cleanup mode now."

"You're not alone Jay. I read in the New York Times how more than 27 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years. This is serious. What are doing to get out of this mess?"

I got an attorney who's handling things on the legal side of things proving I never lived in Arizona and it's not me and that's the scary thing they got a dummy address on me at some residential address in Phoenix and my social security number, that's what the guy used to get the cell phone and rank up a huge bill. Hiring a credit repair attorney to What Is Accelerated Debt Consolidation?
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I got an attorney who's handling things on the legal side of things proving I never lived in Arizona and it's not me and that's the scary thing they got a dummy address on me at some residential address in Phoenix and my social security number, that's what the guy used to get the cell phone and rank up a huge bill. Hiring a credit repair attorney to fix your credit report and deleting judgments from your credit file is a step in the right direction. There are some steps I'm doing too. No more using the credit cards frivolously, it's not happening. I'm using cash as much as I can and leaving the credit cards at home in a safe, unless it's absolutely necessary I won't touch them. I got a P.O. Box too, so no more residential mail. Did you know that's how they think my ID was nabbed? Imagine someone just cruising through my mail on a field trip. Yuck! What a violation. I've been having trouble sleeping over this too. It's not just the money, a part of me was stolen, and that's what gets me. How could someone consciously go around pretending to be me?"

"Jay, that's just it, they don't have a conscious."

"Yean, I guess you're right."

"Jay, what are some of these steps you're taking to protect yourself? My niece just got her first apartment, the post college job and all. I'd love to give her some sage Uncle sounding advice and keep her out of getting in a jam."

"Of course Stan. Here are some of things I'm doing to protect my financial records."

Instead of storing my credit cards in the wallet, I keep them in the safe at home. Signature on the back of the card is a must - This is something I never did. I figured I'd sign the charge slips and that'd be good enough. Wrong! Having my signature on the back of the card is further proof it's me ranking up some charge. A credit card is not a form of identification. While this may sound obvious, I flashed the plastic around like it was my driver's license. Big mistake.

Don't give credit card to anyone. I made this mistake too. I think you used my credit card a few times when I was out of party supplies and you ran to the store for a quick trip. Now, I just hand out cash if I'm in an entertaining pinch. When you are expecting a new or replacement card- keep a sharp eye on the mail. Carbon copies - Oh those are the worst. I bet that's how the guy nabbed me. So often I wouldn't pay atten

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