Whack-a-mole

Old 01-12-2017, 08:32 PM
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Whack-a-mole

Identity theft keeps plaguing me. It's amazing how much my ex was able to do in my name. The cops won't pursue any of it. But every now and then I get my hopes up.

Yesterday I found out he'd opened an account in my name. After going through hoops to prove that I am really me I finally got the bank to cooperate. They admitted this was an obvious case of identity theft.

Okay. So, bank fraud? Maybe this is finally something...

Then I'm looking through my divorce papers and I see that he had listed that bank account. Somehow I hadn't noticed that he'd put down that we had a joint account. I thought it was his sole. The lawyer I paid $26,000 to do nothing hadn't noticed, either.

Anyway, this loser. He spent almost half his entire income at the casino and he's whining to me about child support.

I'm filing bankruptcy soon to hopefully wipe away all this debt he's accrued in my name. There will never be justice, it seems. But then there is. Because I don't have to live with him anymore, and he still has to live with his sh#tty self.

So I guess I win.
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Old 01-12-2017, 08:56 PM
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Arrrgghhh! Sorry for your trouble.hope it gets straightened out.
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Old 01-13-2017, 12:44 PM
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I totally get the "whack a mole" analogy, just don't put down the club yet! You did well with that account, sooner or later he will run out of options.

And if you can charge him for anything that he does fraudulently using your name, please have at it, girl! You will be glad you did in the end.

I'm cheering you on, soon or later you WILL whack that mole and be allowed to live in peace.

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Old 01-13-2017, 02:50 PM
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I don't have to live with him anymore, and he still has to live with his sh#tty self.
Odds are very likely that he's going to eventually do that one thing that will bring the house down on himself. The good thing is that you left that house a long, long time ago.

I used to subscribe to a credit monitoring service that let me know every time a credit check was made in my name.

This is probably very small comfort to you, but one good thing I got from my ID theft brouhaha was that it made it very difficult for me to actually get more credit. It curbed my admittedly irresponsible spending habits down to zero. So by the time it was all over I had no debt. That said, for those who need credit to get by, this is not much of a solution at all.
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Old 01-13-2017, 08:53 PM
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Odds are very likely that he's going to eventually do that one thing that will bring the house down on himself. The good thing is that you left that house a long, long time ago.
I know you're right. His whole life is built on fraud. He thinks he's outsmarting people, but the truth is it has nothing to do with intelligence, but basic human decency. Most people have morals that won't allow them to even consider the things he does.

It will all come crashing down soon enough. Here's hoping I can get my name unattached to all of his goings on before it does.
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Old 01-14-2017, 06:20 PM
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Grrrr so frustrating but yes the HUGE plus in this situation is you don't have to live under his chaotic roof ever again! This is going to catch up to him...hopefully sooner than later. I swear it's like they have no souls and no empathy for anyone. You WILL get that mole, don't wave your white flag.
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