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Utility Worker Charged With ID Theft
Posted on Mar 25, 2007 by Michelle Pastor
Here's a chilling reminder that you can never be too careful - but sometimes you don't have a choice.
This utility worker had access to all kinds of information for each customer and she chose to help herself to at least one person's identity. The utility customers didn't have a choice of whether or not to provide their information - it's the only way to receive service. Read Utility Worker Charged With Identity Theft for the whole story.
This is a great example of why it's unnerving for me to give my social security number to the receptionist or anyone else at a doctor's office. I know they need the information to process the health insurance claim, but that person can easily hijack the social security number or sell it to someone else who will.
Filed under: Data Breach, Fraud, Identity Theft
Tags: identitytheft, idtheft, utility
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Chad on Mar 26, 2007
Once a person that worked at a cell phone store, accesed the companies database go my credit card # and went to town'
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