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I found out around the same time as you that I was a victim of identity theft. I live in S.F. and this punk lives in Las Vegas Nevada.

The person(s) in question opened several accounts using my Social # and my name. They applied for loans and linked all these accounts back to the same address in Las Vegas.

I am in the process of fighting it. You need to go here and do what they say https://www.identitytheft.gov/ (FTC sponsored site.).

I suggest you go to https://www.identitytheft.gov/ and complete the FTC affidavit. Once you have done that take it with you to the Police Department in your area and have a police report filed.

I live in S.F. and the police department seemed perturbed to have to make a police report for me - the amount of information I provided created too much paperwork for them I think. They stated many times they aren't the ones who would be investigating it and asked if I still want to file a police report - to which my answer was YES ITS REQUIRED BY THE FTC.

I have found resistance throughout the entire process, from the crediting agencies to the businesses that had the accounts in collections all the way to the collection agencies and the Police. They all assume you are FOS.

The burden is completely on you and likely nothing positive will happen for a while.

After paying $1 to get my TransUnion credit report they gave me identity theft insurance (through TransUnion) which covers certain expenses... so save all your receipts and file a claim against that insurance to get your money back. I'm using this to get reimbursed for all the trips and time spent away from work as well as the expenses of using FedEx's services/computers to get the fax work done.

You need to check your Social Security account to make sure it has not been compromised. http://www.ssa.gov/ DO THIS BEFORE you place a credit alert on your accounts or you will not be able to accss your SSA account online and you will need to go to a brick/mortar location to gain access to this information. Once a credit alert is placed on your account you are one step closer to being safe... so do this right away.

A few key pieces of information you are going to need is - Dates of all fraudulent transactions, - Phone numbers tied to the account, - Addresses tied to the account

You are going to need to provide proof it was not you - so you need some sort of transactional proof that you were NOT in Brazil using a credit card. Anything can help here - bills paid, rent, etc... I only hope that the period in question was long enough to show that you could not have possibly been out of the country for that long.