I'm not sure if you guys were aware but back at the end of 2005 and some time into 2006, someone got ahold of enough personal information to take out a huge loan, get a bunch of credit cards, buy a whole lot of electronics and other crap - all under my name. I think, all told, the fuckers ruined me to the tune of almost a million dollars before I even got a phone call.
Thankfully, though it was a harrowing experience, the morons were local so when they went to a Best Buy with their credit card in my name after their jig was up, the Hawthorne, CA police arrested them. It cost a lot of money, but certainly not a million bucks, to get the sons of bitches in court and then in jail but it happened and I got reimbursed for the legal stuff along with the money I had to pay to make absolutely sure it was off my credit report.
What does this have to do with anything? Since I'm moving very shortly, I signed up with Comcast for cable. Got a call the other day to let me know that I had a past-due balance which, of course, is interesting considering that at no time in my life have I ever had a Comcast account. When I got in touch with the loss prevention people at Comcast, it turns out that their record is a match to my social security number only and the account was from March to August of last year (remember, I've been with the parents the entirety of 2011). So I'll be going to get that part of things taken care of.
Having done it before, getting someone put behind bars for the federal crime of identity theft, I relish this opportunity. Though, this time, I'll probably have to change my SSN but whatever. I'll keep you all updated.