Letters To Victims Arriving At Miami Valley Homes
CENTERVILLE, Ohio -- Diane Davis never imagined that her personal information would be stolen.
She was shocked to find that her name and Social Security number were listed among the thousands of computer files on a data device stolen from a state agency intern’s car June 10 and told WHIO TV "I should have never been on that list. I was shocked that I was on the list.”
She first learned of the problem when she entered her name in a search engine on the state Web site www.ohio.gov/idprotect.
Davis said she called the state call center and was told that her information was on the data device because she used direct deposit for her income tax refund.
The Ohio state authorities are sending hundreds of thousands of letters to taxpayers who had their information on the data device and that other taxpayers who are effected by the data theft scandal should receive a letter within the next week or two.
Shari Sword of the Dayton Better Business Bureau encouraged people to take advantage of the free identity theft protection offered by the state and that the identity theft protection for hundreds of thousands of people and the mass mailings will cost an estimated $2.2 million.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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Q. How many times can the identity thief sell an identity in the next two weeks?
Q. Why do they call it identity theft protection when it only alerts you of financial activity in your name? Doesn't the state care or want you to know about the other 4 areas that someone can ruin a persons life?
Q. Why would the state pay that much money for something that will not fix the problem 100%?
Q. Why don't the news media tell others about the 5 main types of identity theft and let everyone think it is only financial?
Check out The 5 Areas of Identity Theft at the top of this blog for information on the 5 main areas of identity theft and learn the real truth
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