Agree about identity thieves.
I heard a horror story about a fellow whose brother assumed the first brother’s identity then proceeded to get into all manner of legal trouble and ran out on a sizable hospital bill plus utility bills from a whole string of residences. (There are generally no *un*sizable hospital bills)
The first brother (totally responsible working adult) has been unable to get a loan for a house or to get any sort of credit, and has fighting this for over 30 years. Think about the thousands of hours of grief and arguing with sleazebags he’s had to go through for that long.
A fellow co-worker of mine had his identity stolen by his cousin. My cousin’s kid had his identity stolen by my cousin’s boyfriend. The poor kid was not even 18 and he had creditors coming after him.
I used to work with a guy who was from Puerto Rico and since he spoke spanish and was the manager in the bindery he would translate for all the illegals and hispanics at the plant.
One day he told me a story about a guy, who could only speak spanish, who came up to him and wanted to know about this strange deduction on his check. The guy, Edwin told him that is usually a deduction for alimony or child support.
The other guy started swearing and got all pissed off.
It turns out he bought a SS# from a guy who owed child support and they were taking it out of HIS paycheck. The guy couldn’t quit till he could find a new job. He ended up paying about six weeks of child support for some other guy’s kid. He couldn’t even go and change his name to get out of it.