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The aftermath of becoming a victim to identity theft isn't very easy it can be messy and can take time to clean up. Krebs first placed a fraud alert on her credit reports and eventually froze them. However keeping up with the thief was a hard task due to the fact she had a social security number making her seem more credible. "You find out along the way. Some things, like accounts that went to collections, didn't show up on my credit report right away."

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"There's no threshold for what a criminal will do with your social security number. They don't go I'll just use this a few times and then I'll have a moral compass about it. They will see whatever in the world they can access goods and services. And that mess is left to nobody but the victim."

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IRS employee steals identities and commits tax fraud

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IRS employee steals identities and commits tax fraud

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Nakeisha Hall spent most of her career with the IRS working in Taxpayer Advocate Services, helping individuals who had been victims of tax fraud. When the ironic reality was that she was actually stealing their identities from right under their noses. From 2008-2011 she used IRS computers to access names, birth dates, and social security numbers. Using these records to file fraudulent tax returns and refunds on debit cards. Overall in the amount of time she was doing this she stole over $400,000 which was nothing compared to the $1 million she tried to steal.

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After Mother's Passing, Identity theft victim learns the truth

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After Mother's Passing, Identity theft victim learns the truth

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Axton Betz-Hamilton's parents had been victims of identity theft 20 years prior. So assuming the same person who had stolen her parents identities had stolen hers as well when she was younger wasn't a bad prediction. Soon after her mother's death the truth later surfaced showing that Betz-Hamiliton's mother was the one responsible for over 20 years of fraud. Her mother has stolen her identity, and her father's, as well as compromising $1,500 out of her grandfather. As shocking as it may seem that some people are robbed by their own family, this story is not uncommon in identity theft cases.

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Meth addict house guest steals retiree's life

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Meth addict house guest steals retiree's life

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When retired nurse Helen Anderson flew to visit her sick daughter she asked her niece Samantha to house-sit, but made sure it was clear no friends were allowed over. However, when she came home and found Samantha with her friend Alice Lipski she didn't think much of it.
Well it turns out that Alice is an expert identity thief and a meth addict. She went through all of Helen's mail and signed up for multiple credit cards and even signed up for a credit monitoring service so she could view Helen’s entire credit history.
She was finally caught after forgetting her purse at Macy’s, and charged with ten counts of identity theft; her and her friends had stolen nearly $1 million using the information of other people.

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passport theft connects Australian woman to murder plot

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passport theft connects Australian woman to murder plot

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An Australian woman, Nicole McCabe, was sixth months pregnant and living in Israel when she heard on the news that she, and two other Australians were being linked to a Dubai hit squad, Mossad, that was responsible for assassinating Hamas chief Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Her and the two others had become victims of identity theft
McCabe was still in possession of her passport and the thief had used their picture instead of hers so luckily it was easy to tell this was a case of identity theft

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/11/18/someone-had-taken-over-my-life-an-identity-theft-victims-story/#2ab5bb425beb

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https://www.identityforce.com/blog/4-scary-real-identity-theft-stories

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https://www.lifelock.com/learn-identity-theft-resources-nightmarish-experiences-identity-theft-victim.html

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what to do after your identity has been stolen

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what to do after your identity has been stolen

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You will want to place a fraud alert on your file, this will need to be renewed every seven years. As Collins observed, your information is in cyberspace so you’re more likely to be victimized again in the future.

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Krebs had her identity stolen when someone easily infiltrated her credit report and credit history. Krebs received a phone call from her credit card's fraud department, thinking it was some sort of scam she didn't think much of it. Later on she realized the the number was in fact legit and that her credit history was being used and overridden by someone else. Having been able to catch it early she caught the 50+ attempted accounts opened.

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“Once someone has fallen victim for the first time, the likelihood of them being victimized again increases exponentially over someone who's never experienced it before. I'm told this is because prior victims' info is now out there in cyberspace and freely available.”

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Collins had his identity stolen during the Target Data Breach. Collins wasn’t careless with his information — quite the opposite. He has worked in law enforcement in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 25 years. He’s even investigated cases like his own so he took numerous precautions. Unfortunately, he ended up a victim anyway.