Truth 38 It all started with a phone call

While the name of the person in this story has been changed, her story is true. Kathy Smith grew up in California, went to school in Houston, and settled down in a small town in Oklahoma. It isn’t the kind of place where she worried about crime like she would in the big cities. Unfortunately for Kathy and millions of others throughout the United States, identity theft doesn’t discriminate based on your zip code.

Identity theft doesn’t discriminate based on your zip code.

In April 2007, Kathy received a phone call from a cell phone carrier. The caller asked to speak with Kathy Jones. Kathy was a little confused at first since Jones was her maiden name. She explained that she was formerly Kathy Jones ...

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