Well, dh had to disconnect from holding for the IRS as he was called to fly a turn this afternoon. He was able to mail off our tax paperwork, and he’ll file a report tomorrow with the local police. He’s seen many of the responses posted before he had to leave, and he’s very grateful for everyone’s input — even the humorous ones.
As for the DCF employee who phoned and emailed some info to my husband, her name does appear on the DCF website. Dh also has phoned the DCF # given on the website, and has previously asked to be transferred to speak with said employee. That checked out. Maybe there is hope for humanity since it seems to still live in liberal south Florida.
If you guys want to get updates on what avenues we are taking to fix this, maybe bookmark this thread and refer back to it. Or send me a freepmail that you want to be ping’d when something new arises. Myself, I’m actually really surprised at how many FReepers have personal stories about this has already happened to them or a loved one. I didn’t think it was that common an occurrence. For the record, my husband is someone who spends HOURS every week combing through his bank statements, his credit card accounts, etc.
I am SO angry at the person(s) doing this, I’m wanting to fly down there and plan some sting operation to catch the varmints. I hope they’re illegals, so I can follow their a$$es to the coastline and push them back out to sea. We’re having enough financial woes as it is.
Thanks for the help y’all.
Less than a year later, someone accessed our debit card info from a ticket site, and went on a spending spree across the planet. The most interesting purchase was surveillance equipment, but the culprit also stopped to purchase several hundred dollars of romantic flowers from an online company. We were told by our bank and credit card companies that they deal with numerous cases like this daily.
Needless to say, we are vigilant now, combing over our statements and checking the credit agencies often.