[Grendel9]

I'm sure this was posted before I got on today...but here's what happened to me!

Monday a.m. at 8:30 I recvd a recorded phone call from Chase saying there was a suspicion of fraud on my credit card. It stated a charge was made to some place in Arizona for $100. I didn't get excited because Sunday I had used that card to order a $138 car for the Grandson from Danbury Mint. I had no idea where Danbury Mint was located. I hung up. About noon I received the same call from Chase. This time there were at least 15 different charges made on the card including my Danbury Mint charge. Clearly, over $1500 had been charged to places as far distant as Vegas, LEBANON!, and point beyond...even Internet gambling sites! Chase knew it was NOT me or the wife since the charges were so foreign to our use of the card. I called Chase back, they absolved me of all the charges, and are sending new cards with different account numbers. I called Danbury Mint and spoke to a supervisor informing him of the problem. We don't ue that particular card very often, but it IS on file with Danbury since I order cars for the grandson several times a year; they would look into it at their end.

Now, I really don't know if some Danbury employee is the culprit or if this SS data theft is in anyway involved. But it does strike me odd that we should be warned to watch our credit card statements, and even before the word is out, I get called by Chase!

[cpprfld]

The issue I have with this, is that guy that was responsible for losing all of those personal records, will probably get a slap on the wrist and told not to do this again, because he is a government worker.

[Steve_Seattle]

Reminds me of the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Second Stain."

[ops33]

Something about this still smells rotten to me. This VA analyst just happens to "accidentally" bring home a CD with all this personal data the same day a burglar breaks into his house and somehow finds this same CD? My bet is that he sold the CD and used the burglary as cover up.

[petkus]

Nobody can be that dumb to take that information home!

Why did the VA allow this information to be transferred to a CD rom or PC?

[spectre]

Thanks for posting, but you are really scaring me here..

sw

[Gritty]

No doubt my SS number was compromised in that theft.

I suspect it will end up being used by some illegal alien or sold to Mexico, like my credit card number. Hopefully, I will eventually be able to salvage my identity and re-establish my perfect credit rating. It may only take another six or seven years.

This guy should be hung.

[diverteach]

Can one have thier SSN changed, or are we stuck with it for life?