Another personal (almost) encounter with ID Theft

Last night I was out to dinner with a friend and talk came around to our businesses. One of the reasons why I wanted to get together with them was that the industry they are in is really starting to go green and I wanted to see and talk about this with them.

They are in the ad specialties business – you know, the give away pen people, the logo’d note pad people, the people who flood the world with stuff to get businesses noticed. The industry is getting away from plastic (yay!) and going with biodegradeable or natural items.

What came up during our conversation was Identity Theft. They were familiar with our legal plan but did not know about our ID Theft protection and resoration offering.

Anyway, they had been out to dinner and gave their credit card to the waitress (like most of us do), paid the bill and left. When they received their credit card statement there was a charge for some exercise equipment delivered to another address.

After much hassle and I don’t know how long, only part of it was resolved – the credit card company removed the charge from their bill. They called the police where the equipment was delivered to report the crime and they said that it was another jurisdiction’s concern as that was where the credit card number was stolen. They then called the other jurisdiction who said it was up to the first jurisdiction as that was where the goods were delivered.

How many of us have encountered this, or a similar, situation? I know I have (but I will save that for another post. What does one do? What can one do? At the very least consult an attorney.

Well, if you have Pre-Paid Legal Service’s Legal Plan and Identity Theft Shield the odds are greatly in your favor. With the ID Theft Shield this would have been caught before a month had passed and Kroll would have taken steps to make sure that it wouldn’t affect your identity for loans, insurance, driving record, etc. Our attorneys would then take over to help you bring the perpetrators to justice (they would know who in which jurisdiction to contact and contact them to make sure it is taken care of from the legal perspective).

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