DMV told that I had a warrent for my arrest in Colorado

trouble,
Keep your head up and eyes wide open I understand your pain and most of us have been arrested and learned our lessons just make sure next time that you don't give out your social or if you loose any form of identification that you report it right away and I am sorry to hear that you had to go through something like that but you are strong and you seem like you have a good head on your shoulders remeber never give up!

trouble
i'm glad everythings alright now it makes me open my eyes i hand out my ss# like it was candy. this makes me think twice. a friend of mine years ago always said don't hand it out it was private information tell them you will give them a personal id # instead or in other words a password and as far as ulitilies and other companys they would have to accept that of course don't include your bank irs but you have the general jist of what i'm saying i should have took his advice 15 years ago when he told me guess i'm a slow learner

Identity theft is on the rise these days and it's all due to the improper use of the social security number. Your social security number can be easily used by anyone who knows it and can open up new accounts in your name without your information.

Legislation has been sponsored by the Congress to restrict the use and display of the SSN. All the government and private entities are bound to follow it protecting the privacy of the individuals and reducing identity theft.

Thus, if the government is giving so much importance to the SSN, it is your prime responsibility to ensure legal safety of this number.

thank you all for responding to my topic. If anyone can learn from hearing what happened to me it's worth putting it out there. I don't ever want anyone to go through all the stress and hurt I went through. The worst part of all this was they don't know who the lady was who used my identity. So this lady is free to do it to someone else.

trouble96

Have you filed complaints with the local police? This will be helpful because if later anyone tries to commit the same crime, your record in the police station will be helpful. If comparisons can bring out the person who has stolen your identity, you will be able to know the suspect some time later.

We talked to the police in Colorado over the phone and they said there's nothing they could do. When the women got pulled over all Colorado askes for is name, DOB, and address. so since there was no social given they said it gets attached to everyone with the name. I think it's bad when the police only ask for that information with no proof that it's you real name. The lady only the gave that information with no proof of her real identity.

If you have not done so yet you should check the FTC web site for a book called When bad things happen to your good name, it is in the ID Theft section and has a insert about who to contact with the police issue. It would be a very good idea to activate a fraud alert on your credit report with all 3 credit reporting agencies. That will give you 2 free credit reports per year from each credit reporting agency.

I searched for the link

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/

I also had ID theft happen to me. I filled out too many applications at once, and my former roommate found my SSN. He went to open cellular accounts, bank accounts, get loans, etc. Now my credit is all messed up. Before anyone goes telling me to fill out a police report, I have already done so, and they cannot find him.

What is the next step?

You need to dispute all the charges that your roommate charged with the credit bureaus and put a 7 year identity theft alert on your credit report. If you can prove all this, you can go to the social security office and request a new number. You can get a new number if you have the sufficient proof.

I have done that already, but the damage has already been done. I can't get good jobs because of my credit, and now I am struggling for money. I've tried applying for personal loans, but no luck yet.

It happened to someone in my office a few years ago, and she didn't know it until she went to renew her car registration at the DMV and they pulled her printout and there were outstanding tickets that she didn't know about on it. It turned out that the person who did it got her info from the insurance card she flashed at the doctor's office. You have to be careful anywhere you go!

my sister in 1999 was given a ticket for drinking in public.she gave my picture id and never yold me.now i have a warrent out,and i might not get a job because of the back check. what 2 do.

Contact the court system, or their collection agency. If the warrant is for a failure to appear, your DL might be suspended as well (depends on the jurisdiction). Often, FTA's just tack on an added cost to the citation. If it is simply a fine, you can either pay it, or contact the court and try to prove it wasn't you. I'd call them, because if you can't pay it and you go inside, they may very well arrest you (if you call them, it is not likely that they're going to come to your door, police would likely just arrest you if you were pulled over or something). Since it was 8 years ago, I'm not sure how you'd go about disputing it (and if it is in the hands of a collection agency, they probably will not provide with the method, either). It is also possible that it is not in a CA's hands--when an FTA turned into a warrant, the court pulled the account from us.

thanks and GOD bless all great members of this forum.