personal information from a credit bureau. “I talked in my story about the Equifax hack, which was in 2017, 147 million Americans. Personal information like passwords or social security numbers are taken from data breaches and online hacks that occur all the time, and many people disregard them. That’s common, according to her reporting. Roy thinks the thieves may have been able to get her social security number from the dark web. We're following up on your Target card inquiry.’ And I realized they were using my identity to start opening new accounts.”
Congratulations on your new Wells Fargo account. “It was like, ‘Congratulations on your new Bank of America account. However, months later in mid-January 2019, she started getting lots of mail. next day, I saw they'd made a couple transactions. There was some cash, my driver's license, a couple credit cards. She says her wallet was taken out of her purse at a bar in 2018, but she didn’t think much of it. That’s what happened to Jessica Roy, an assistant editor of the LA Times’ utility journalism team. That could mean racking up bad credit and fighting fraudulent claims and creditors for years. Losing your wallet can lead to someone stealing your identity and opening bank accounts in your name.
