Latest Victim Of Idenity Theft: ME!

[blueerica]

Yeah, there's a lot you can do about it - first thing I'd do (and I'm sure someone's told you) is to get a credit report from all three big agencies (Experian, TransUnion, Equifax). It's easy to do yourself (you don't need one of those other hokey companies to do it), and you get one free every year. Honestly, do it for a couple of years, at least. I learned this by having wallet stolen a couple of different times (one right under my nose!)

That guy had a LOT of personal info on you. While they may have caught him, he may have friends. I know of one lady in Santa Monica that found out around 5 or 6 years after visiting a doctor's office that she'd had credit cards, a car, a house and a crapload of bad debt because someone got her... get this... SSN. That's all that was needed, and that's probably on your paystub, as well as other info about you. She discovered it when she went to go and buy a new car. When she tried to fix her bad credit and restore her good name, she found a LOT of complications due to some statue of limitations because "she'd waited so long." I can't remember if she was able to really fix it. Of course, this was before identity theft was as rampant as it is today... but a little caution now could save you later.

And yeah, like GC said - Totally lame. Glad the sucker got caught.