Identity Theft Narrative

I chose identity theft because my family and I have been victims of identity theft which occurred in different ways. One family member thought they were helping another family member and ended up losing their job over the incident. You never know who will victimize you it could be your family, friend, co-worker, mail man, sales clerk, waitress, and on-line data collecting thieves to name a few possibilities. The subject is personal and I have information that won’t be in any reports. I know people who went through these difficult situations each having a different outcome. It has been a painful learning experience for each of us. Being the victim of identity theft has made each of us more aware of how important it is to protect ourselves and our financial information.

I am going to share my personal experience as a victim of identity theft. I thought I was smart and was protecting my valuable information. I was wrong. I had just switched my major from

Stat. § 609.527 subd. 6 which is phishing, Minn. Stat § 609.506 which is giving false information to financial institutes, Minn. Stat § 609.528 using stolen and/or counterfeit checks, Minn. Stat § 609.535 issuance of dishonored check, Minn. Stat § 609.63 forgery for signing my name and the name on the scholarship check, Minn. Stat § 609.631 check forgery and offering a forged check, Minn. Stat § 609.652 for obtaining a fraudulent identification card in my name, Minn. Stat § 609.82 fraudulently obtaining credit, Minn. Stat § 609.821 financial transaction card fraud or using the cards they applied for, Minn. Stat § 609.891 for using a virus in an email that was sent to me to gather more information about me and monitor what I was doing, and Minn. Stat § 609.893 telecommunications and information service fraud for pretending to be another entity to gather information to financially harm me (Pirius,