It was a balmy Summer night in Toronto, Ontario almost ten years ago. The concert was pure magic. The crowds began their orderly exit and Mike and I waited for an opportunity to get into line. Overhead the dome which had been closed started to steadily open, noiselessly. Peeking through the ever widening...

My story of identity theft does have a happy ending but not before I used up every single minute on my cell phone plan trying to fix the situation which got fixed only after I had to do without my whole Christmas vacation to ‘accomodate’ a thief. The day before Christmas in 2002, I was making...

Two years ago, I went to a trade show out-of-state. I looked at is as a mini-vacation, and opportunity to relax, to forget the troubles of the world for a little bit. In my naivety, I ignored the simple fact that people take advantage of people everywhere. Saturday night before leaving Sunday morning,...

Having your identity stolen is no laughing joke for anyone. A few years ago I went out with a couple friends to a club to have a few drinks and to dance. Since I planned on dancing, I did not want to take my purse in with me. Who wants to dance and hold on to a purse at the same time? I had left my purse...

Identity theft can cause a great deal of grief to their victims. I was a victim of identity theft more than just once. Fortunately for me and my family the first identity theft I endured was minor compared to the many stories that I have read about and heard about. My first encounter with identity theft...

It’s December 22, 2008. I’m in a festive mood even though I won’t be going home to see my family. The economy is in the crapper but we have a new president and my loved ones are all well. I am looking forward to spending the holidays setting my goals for a better 2009. Then I opened my mail. I...

I wish I could tell you that there was some backhanded scheme to steal my identity. Something catchy or cool. Something that people would remember and not do. Unfortunately, my identity was stolen doing something that people do and never think twice about. We were in Las Vegas for my sister-in-law’s...

No one ever really looks forward to the credit card bill arriving in the mail, but my mailbox held a particularly unpleasant surprise for me last March. In addition to my regular purchases of groceries, gas, music, and shoes, this month’s extra-large bill had four charges totaling close to $550 to...

I’m a Midwestern guy who occasionally likes to fish. I’ll admit, sometimes when I’m on the shore with my fishing pole in hand, I can’t help but wonder – what’s it like for the fish? One minute you’d be swimming along, minding your own business, then when you...

I’m one of those people who constantly loses things — car keys, cell phones, sunglasses. You name it, I’ve lost it. But when I was 22 years old, I finally lost something that I couldn’t recover by digging through the couch cushions. I lost my identity. Here’s how it happened: Like...