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identity theft, episode I

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

I'm the victim of identity theft. I'm not sure how it happened, of course, but my good name and my address are in circulation.

It started today with a phone bill for two smartphone numbers on an account with Virgin Mobile. We don't have an account with that company, nor do we have smartphones. Also, there's a slight error in the address that I find interesting (no apartment number).

No question about it, someone's using my information. Happily, they didn't stick me with a credit card bill, so it seems that they don't have that information at hand. And yet, I think I'll start doing the rounds, making sure that I'm replacing cards and alerting my banks to the fact of this incident. Haven't decided on that score, yet.

I sure hope this ends here.