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To: IceShark who wrote (39718)	5/8/1999 2:50:00 PM
From: accountclosed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

Good luck. I hope they catch the culprit(s).

To: IceShark who wrote (39718)	5/8/1999 3:20:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

I went back and re-read your first post, you said the thief had your social security number and your mother's maiden name. Oddly enough, I have given out my own mother's maiden name only a few times, the only ones I recall on the Internet, I just gave it yesterday to the Virginia Lawyer's Weekly site so that I could access their archives. I have a manila folder full of log-on stuff, I print the page so I don't have to remember, everything from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, so on and so forth. I have been using the internet since about 1993, used to have a Prodigy account and a Compuserve account. Even a WELL account, maybe before that. I think from now on, I won't give my mother's real maiden name. So that is one angle you haven't mentioned. Sorry, it really does sound like a mess. I think you can get a new social security number, if you have to.

To: IceShark who wrote (39718)	5/8/1999 6:03:00 PM
From: bill meehan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

Sorry to hear about your mess, Ice. Have you contacted the Postal authorities?

To: IceShark who wrote (39718)	5/9/1999 6:13:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

Yeah, somebody got our bank account number once. Best thing to do is bite the bullet and open all new accounts as soon as you can. In our state you can have another identification number for your license --- maybe you know this already, but one should never write their social security number on a check -- never, not even to the IRS. Luckily at the time it happened to us we had a banker who was somewhat vigilant and a crook that was pretty stupid. Tried to pass a rather large withdrawal through -- at the time we didn't have much -- so that raised a red flag at the bank.