>>>>I added the extra PIN to my account. I was a victim of the port-out scam last year. Funny that at the time, T-Mobile denied that it was possible.<<<<
Sorry to hear this. Did Tmobile reimburse you? A woman who works for my wife was just recently a victim. Her phone number was stolen from T Mobile. They got lots of money. What a nitemare. Is Tmobile liable? Seems to be a problem unique to them.
I managed to nip the ID Theft in the bud before it could develop. By porting my T Mobile phone #, the hacker was able to have a verification PIN sent to his phone. This gave him access to my Chase account. After he went in and changed the login to my Chase account, I received an email from Chase to verify that I had made those changes. At that point, I knew I had been hacked. I called Chase and canceled my accounts before any charges were made. The hacker also tried to open a new credit card account under my name, but the issuer called me to verify that I had opened it; so I was able to scotch that one as well.
At that point, I filed a police report, registered with identitytheft.gov, and froze my credit. I also canceled my phone # and got a new phone.