Comments on: Stolen Driver’s License? How to Protect Your Identity and Credit http://www.darwinsfinance.com/stolen-drivers-license/ Financial Evolution: Education, Adaptation, Achievement Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Is It Something I Said? | Jackpot Investorhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/stolen-drivers-license/#comment-8315 Is It Something I Said? | Jackpot Investor Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:35:08 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2452#comment-8315 [...] Death – Why Bother?Yes, A College Degree is Worth It – If Your Major Isn’t UselessStolen Driver’s License? How to Protect Your Identity and CreditThe Cost of Revenge is Staggering: A Tale of Divorce and Financial RuinIs It Something I Said? is an [...] [...] Death – Why Bother?Yes, A College Degree is Worth It – If Your Major Isn’t UselessStolen Driver’s License? How to Protect Your Identity and CreditThe Cost of Revenge is Staggering: A Tale of Divorce and Financial RuinIs It Something I Said? is an [...]

]]> By: novatedlease calculatorhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/stolen-drivers-license/#comment-6477 novatedlease calculator Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:03:04 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2452#comment-6477 The article was in great concern and this was a nice idea. Instinct plays a major role on such incidents but guidelines like this are lot of help. It is always important that protection be our foremost concern because we can never can tell the damage that loosing important documents can bring. The article was in great concern and this was a nice idea. Instinct plays a major role on such incidents but guidelines like this are lot of help. It is always important that protection be our foremost concern because we can never can tell the damage that loosing important documents can bring.

]]> By: fernhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/stolen-drivers-license/#comment-6344 fern Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:03:22 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2452#comment-6344 I'm not saying the teen did it....or not. My concern was that you file a police report. I wouldn't wait for the cop to recommend filing a report, becus local PDs are not always fully informed about identity theft issues and they may not be aware of how lenders handle an ID theft claim or why a police report is integral if ID theft occurs down the line. So again, my concern had nothing to do with whether or not the teen girl did it. Who did it is really not the issue. The important thing is to protect yourself should this incident lead to other things. I’m not saying the teen did it….or not. My concern was that you file a police report. I wouldn’t wait for the cop to recommend filing a report, becus local PDs are not always fully informed about identity theft issues and they may not be aware of how lenders handle an ID theft claim or why a police report is integral if ID theft occurs down the line.

So again, my concern had nothing to do with whether or not the teen girl did it. Who did it is really not the issue. The important thing is to protect yourself should this incident lead to other things.

]]> By: Darwin's Financehttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/stolen-drivers-license/#comment-6339 Darwin's Finance Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:43:10 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2452#comment-6339 <a href="#comment-6338" rel="nofollow">@fern</a>, What evidence is there that she stole anything? Because she's a teenager? If it were a minority, that would be racism. I don't know what it's called here, agism? My wife did speak to the police and an officer came to the house and she mentioned the situation but he didn't recommend pursuing anything either. First, they'd have to track this person down by my wife's physical description, next they'd have to have some sort of reasonable suspicion to question her. And undoubtedly, she'd deny it. Then, we're a litigious society. Are we subject to some sort of lawsuit if she endures all kinds of "mental anguish" as a result of a false accusation? We thought it through and were of the opinion that nothing would come of it anyway. If anything, it was probably a dumb teenage kid looking for a few bucks. @fern, What evidence is there that she stole anything? Because she’s a teenager? If it were a minority, that would be racism. I don’t know what it’s called here, agism? My wife did speak to the police and an officer came to the house and she mentioned the situation but he didn’t recommend pursuing anything either. First, they’d have to track this person down by my wife’s physical description, next they’d have to have some sort of reasonable suspicion to question her. And undoubtedly, she’d deny it. Then, we’re a litigious society. Are we subject to some sort of lawsuit if she endures all kinds of “mental anguish” as a result of a false accusation? We thought it through and were of the opinion that nothing would come of it anyway. If anything, it was probably a dumb teenage kid looking for a few bucks.

]]> By: fernhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/stolen-drivers-license/#comment-6338 fern Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:28:19 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2452#comment-6338 I think it was foolish of you not to report this to the police. It's not your job to determine whether it was the teenage girl or not; let the police do their job. For all you know, the teen girl has a previous record of having done this before. But you wouldn't know that unless you report it to the police. Having a police report in hand may protect you if the person who stole the driver's license later tried to open up fraudulent credit card accounts or whatever with the stolen ID. Credit card issuers, banks and other lenders will want to see evidence that you did, in fact, experience a theft and aren't making up a story. I think it was foolish of you not to report this to the police. It’s not your job to determine whether it was the teenage girl or not; let the police do their job. For all you know, the teen girl has a previous record of having done this before. But you wouldn’t know that unless you report it to the police.

Having a police report in hand may protect you if the person who stole the driver’s license later tried to open up fraudulent credit card accounts or whatever with the stolen ID. Credit card issuers, banks and other lenders will want to see evidence that you did, in fact, experience a theft and aren’t making up a story.

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