Identity theft victim loses $85,000 [Glenwood Springs,CO]

Identity theft can become extremely expensive. Even if you don't get hit like the victim in the article referenced below, just the legal fees and expenses involved in cleaning up the record generally exceed $1,400 for each victim.

The following posting appeared on the ScamSafe Forum:

"A New Castle woman was the recent victim of what Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario calls “a classic case of identity theft.” More than $85,000 in cash and credit was stolen from the unidentified woman’s Glenwood Springs bank account and credit card account, Vallario said.

The fraudulent bank withdrawals and credit card charges happened during the first part of April, and spanned from Glenwood Springs to San Diego, hitting New Castle and Las Vegas in between. The crime started when ...

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