|
Lizard Eyes
Lost Soul



Registered: 11/26/12
Posts: 1,876
Loc: Right Where I'm supposed ...
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Lost important documents?
#18298620 - 05/21/13 02:31 PM (11 years, 12 hours ago) |
|
|
I recently lost my wallet while on vacation in beautiful california which had my licence, cards, and cash in it. I tried to replace my debit card and get my life rolling again but was informed I would need photo id to get a new one (duh)....
I can't tell you how but one way or another I don't have my passport, or my social security card. I have no idea when I lost them or where I lost them.
So as of now I have no identification what so ever....
How worried should I be about my identity being stolen?
Any help about how to fix this situation would be greatly appreciated 
-Cheers!
--------------------
 Every little thing is gonna be alright All you need is love Nobody's right, Nobody's wrong, Life's just a game it's just one epic holiday!
|
fastfred
Old Hand



Registered: 05/17/04
Posts: 6,899
Loc: Dark side of the moon
|
Re: Lost important documents? [Re: Lizard Eyes]
#18299273 - 05/21/13 04:24 PM (11 years, 10 hours ago) |
|
|
Quote:
I tried to replace my debit card and get my life rolling again but was informed I would need photo id to get a new one (duh)....
Ummm... You call the 800 number and report it lost/stolen. You get new one in the mail in 3-7 days. Most of the time you don't actually even have to talk to a human any more.
Quote:
How worried should I be about my identity being stolen?
Hmmm... You lost the full package. Passport, DL, cards, SS card... Please tell me you didn't have a birth certificate along also. 
FYI, you're NOT supposed to be carrying around your SS card in the first place. It's not legal for identification anyways.
I'd say you're certainly going have your identity stolen, it's probably already happened. It's a pretty rare break to get all that ID and info in one snatch.
Report the cards and the passport stolen right away if you haven't already. Call one of the credit bureaus and have your credit frozen. This way they can't get any credit under your name until you unfreeze it.
You need to get on this shit right away! You also need to watch all your accounts for any suspicious activity since you don't have unlimited time to catch things without having to pay.
This may sound like dumb advice, but file a report with the police also. Sometimes you get lucky and they find your shit. In any case, filing a report will provide a permanent record that your shit was stolen and you will have proof of this down the road if it becomes a problem due to identity theft.
In any case, don't sweat it too much. There's nothing you can do about it now other than lock your shit down the best you can. It happens to everyone and it always sucks.
-FF
-------------------- It drinks the alcohol and abstains from the weed or else it gets the hose again. -Chemy The difference between the substances doesn't matter. This is a war on consciousness, on our right to the very essence of what we are. With no control over that, we have no need to speak of freedom or a free society. -fireseed "If we are going to have a war on marijuana, the least we can do is pull the sick and the dying off the battlefield." -Neal Levine (MPP) I find the whole "my drug should be legal but yours should be illegal" mindset disgusting and hypocritical. It's what George Bush and company do when they drink a cocktail and debate the best way to imprison marijuana users. -Diploid
|
|