Trying to sue over identity theft?
My wife recently left her debit card at a Waffle House resteraunt. We have proof and video footage of the general manager of the Waffle House using her debit card. And copies of reciepts where he forged her signature. We have filed a police report. Now we’re wondering what civil action we can take against the manager or Waffle House. We live in Tennessee.
Check with the sheriff’s department in your town. They can give you all the info you need.
I know you can have him arrested for identity theft and possibly put in jail. But your sheriff will be able to tell you exactly what that entails. If you have all that proof, you shouldn’t have a problem.
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How can this identity theft case not be solved?
A couple months ago I got a call from a collection agency asking me to make a payment on the $6000 debt I owed to Sears. I told them I’ve never had a Sears account, and asked if they were sure they had the right person. They told me all my information and confirmed it was me. I told them someone must have opened the account without my knowledge and stolen my identity, but they told me that 3 payments had been made on the card, and people who steal someone’s identity don’t make payments on the account. I admit it sounded odd, but I just know it was not me that did it.
I filed a police report and stated what I knew. The collection agency told me that 2 addresses were listed on the account. One was mine, and the other was some apartment here in town. I’d never been to the other address and don’t know who lives there. The detective who took my case said that identify theft is rarely, if ever, solved, and that it may be months when I hear back from her about the investigation–if she calls back at all.
The collection agency continued to hassle me for payment, insisting I was lying about the identity theft because no one would make payments if it was. In addition, I received letters in the mail from Visa and MasterCard, cancelling my accounts with them. I had never missed a payment on them, but the letter said they do periodical credit reports, and mine showed up bad because of Sears, so they were cancelling my accounts. Next, I was denied an apartment because of this. And I was planning on getting a car loan, but I can’t do that, either. This is basically ruining my life.
What I don’t understand is how this can’t be solved. If the person made payments, they had to receive a billing statement. That statement had to be mailed somewhere. If I didn’t get it, it makes sense the other address listed on the account did. Someone got it if they made payments for 3 months. In addition, if they purchased the charged items in a store, they should be able to view footage of the sale. If it was online, it should have had a delivery address. Either way, there’d be video evidence or a paper trail. Why can’t the detective just check out the other address listed on the account? Someone got the statement and made payments, who else would it be? And if they can’t do that, what about tracking the purchases? I don’t see how this can ruin my life and never get solved.
Don’t you think the detective should be able to use the existing information to figure this thing out?
I suggest that you sue Sears for damages, including emotional harm. And then Sears will have a good reason to make everything right for you. Or else, Sears might end up having to pay you a lot of money.
If it comes to a jury trial. The jury is more likely to sympathize with you than with Sears.
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Is Identity theft on the rise?
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How much will this cost the consumers?
The companies say they’ve suffered major losses. "damages at more than $130 million dollars, including legal settlements with shoppers whose bank accounts were raided with stolen debit and pin numbers"
Some say illegal aliens commit the most identity theft, whats going on here?
well it does seems than some do not quite get than IF the main problem were the undocumented using the identities of others that problem in particular could be easily fixed by creating a system in which people do not have to steal or use invented identities in order to be able to feed their families . they do not get either than while they worry about the undocumented real Terrorist and the kind of thieves which could really cause damage anyone’s lives could be trying to exactly doing so .
i personally find fanatical anyone who after being shown the kind of damage those individuals can , could and do cause has nothing better to say than the undocumented are the real problem when it comes to identity theft , i mean the immigration issue is not as hard to fix if the USA only gave the OPPORTUNITY to the undocumented and many of those who oppose them to being here have clearly stated than deporting them all would take many YEARS , so why not enact a solution in which most undocumented would willingly fix their identity situation in DAYS and would expose ( NOT IN YEARS ) those who could cause real damage to any person in any place of the world and which could even help terrorist abroad which could destroy whole cities if they could only get money in the USA .
this is a matter of the NEED to do what we have to do FAST not in YEARS we could use to defeat real thieves and terrorism anywhere it may be . It is a matter of caring for real for America and the lives and living standards of the Americans .