Identity theft - update
By Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
June 22, 2019 1:34pm CST
Some time ago I wrote a discussion about my friend who became a victim of identity theft, and this is an update. At that time the scammers got access to his digital ID. They used his name and managed to borrow $6000.
Since that time both positive and negative things happened. The positive things first: The police is involved now, and my friend has screen shots that contain some the conversations with the scammers. He got a new digital ID, so it it not possible to abuse the old one anymore. If they try they won't be able to log in.
Unfortunately the scammers managed to borrow a lot more money before it was stopped. In the beginning they 'only' borrowed $6000. Now the amount is $30000! $6000 is bad enough, but $30000 is such a large amount of money. I really hope that they catch those scammers 
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13 responses
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Jun 19
@LadyDuck Yes, it is getting more complicated now than it was in the beginning. It is very stressful for him, but at least he has a lawyer now. The police is still investigating. It will take a while before he knows how it is all going to turn out.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Jun 19
He knows he has made a mistake. He told me yesterday: "If I had gone to the police right away, the scammers wouldn't have managed to get so much money before it was stopped" He has a lawyer now, and I am happy that he isn't trying to handle this on this own anymore.
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@LadyDuck (471255)
• Switzerland
23 Jun 19
@Porcospino I am glad he hired a lawyer, he had to see the police immediately.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Jun 19
I don't know what they are going to do about the money. I also think about that. One of the online loan companies that the scammers used says that my friend has to pay for the loan. He is going to discuss this with his laywer.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Jun 19
@tech40 I don't know. The police is still investigating the case. I was shocked when I discovered the amount of money that is involved by now.
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@tech40 (23121)
• Philippines
23 Jun 19
@Porcospino They don't have an option to check where they're gonna use it? I hope he will win the case
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Jul 19
Wow! That is a big loss! Will he be responsible for the money borrowed?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
18 Jul 19
I am not sure what is going to happen to the money they borrowed. In many of those cases (identity theft) the victims don't have to pay the money. We have a law saying that you aren't responsible for documents you didn't sign. In some cases the victim still has to pay for instance if they didn't' report it to the police right away. My friend didn't report it immediately, so am not sure if he will have to pay or not.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Jun 19
@rakski Yes, I hope they find the person. Other people have experienced the same thing as my friend, and the scammer is probably going to continue if he/she/they don't get caught.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Jun 19
I was shocked when he told me the amount. They don't have access to his accounts anymore, but they managed to get a lot of money before it was stopped.
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@rakski (122000)
• Philippines
23 Jun 19
@Porcospino oh my. I hope they will find out who the theft was
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
24 Jun 19
@Porcospino
That is a nightmare for your friend. I am so so sorry. I hope they catch whoever is doing it soon.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Jun 19
Thank you. Yes, it is a nightmare. The scammers managed to get a lot of money before it was stopped. They don't have access to his account anymore, but I was shocked to find out that they got such large amount of money. I hope that they catch the scammer(s) soon.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Jun 19
@Hannihar Yes, it is very sad. It was a person my friend met on a social networking site. She pretended that she just wanted to be his friend, but she had very different intentions.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
24 Jun 19
@Porcospino
That is a lot of money and it is so sad that there are those that do that to others. They do not know if the person needs that money or not.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Jun 19
I was shocked when he told me the amount of money that was involved. They used his name and created accounts in several different places.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Jun 19
@JustBhem Yes, they managed to use his name several times before it was stopped. He is very worried about it. It is easy to understand that, I would also be extremely worried if it happened to me. I hope that they catch the people who did it.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
23 Jun 19
@Porcospino
Oh, that’s a big crime. And how was him?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Jun 19
Yes, he is very worried about. It is such a large amount of money. The police is involved in the case now, and I hope that they will manage to find the people who did it.
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
22 Jun 19
I am so sorry to hear this omg
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Jun 19
I am glad that they no longer have access to his accounts, but they managed to get a lot money before it was stopped The police is investigating it at the moment, unfortunately he isn't the only one. They also managed scam other people.
The police is investigating it at the moment, unfortunately he isn't the only one. They also managed scam other people.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Jun 19
Yes, we have to be careful when we spend time online. I delete scam mails almost every day, there are so many of them.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Jun 19
Yes, fortunately he reported it. His old digital ID doesn't work anymore. Even if they try they won't be able to log in, so they are able not take any more money. I hope that they get caught soon.
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
22 Jun 19
This is becoming a big problem now and days. I hope they catch the person who done this.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Jun 19
Yes, it is a big problem today. He is not the only victim of this. The police told him that they are investigating other cases. I hope they find the person or the people who did it.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 Jun 19
Yes, it is such a large amount of money. The scammers borrowed the money from 4 different online loan companies. In the beginning there was only one loan, but they managed to borrow a lot more before it was stopped.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
25 Jun 19
Yes, it is devastating. It started with $6000, but the amount is much larger now. I hope they catch the people who did it.
