s/o identity theft--should I be worried?

[Cicero]

So someone has been using my email address when signing up for random online accounts (Vista print and realtor.com). My email hasn't been accessed from foreign devices, so it seems that this person just doesn't want to use their own email and for some reason chose to use mine.

Is this something I should be worried about? I may or may not have reset their password for both accounts they set up.

[NitaX]

I'd reset all of my passwords and start monitoring my credit.

ETA: I asked my H who's in IT Data Security and he said "YES. Reset all of your password. Check for anyone trying to open new lines of credit."

[Cicero]

My credit is frozen so we should be ok there. It's worth pulling a credit report just in case though.

ETA:]I don't have the same password for any two accounts so do I really need to reset all of them?

[NitaX]

H said it's worth pulling the report because you can see if anyone made a request.

[Velar Fricative]

I'd be worried.

[Cicero]

Do I need to shut down the account? Because H is saying I probably do.

[Cicero]

My email is my name. This person ordered something from the site mentioned above and asked for it to be shipped to someone whose name is not even close to mine so I don't think it's an accident.

[NitaX]

H said if it's Hotmail or Gmail, shut it down. If it's tied to a service provider like Comcast, call and let them know the account has been compromised and ask for a new alias.

[gpw]

Always better to err on the side of caution. Lock everything up and shut it down.

[Cicero]

No requests on my credit report. I did just go ahead and delete the account. It's annoying as all get out but I guess better safe than sorry.

Thanks for the advice ladies.

[ttt]

Good luck! These things are so anxiety-inducing.

This has been happening to me for years. There is apparently some lady with my same name who thinks my email address is hers (my email is firstnamelastname@gmail). She has done everything from order stuff on Amazon to book airplane tickets to sign up for trade shows and has still not figured out that THAT IS NOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!! There doesn't appear to be any security issue, though, just a 60-something woman who doesn't know how to use email.

[taratru]

I'm starting to worry now...I got a text from Verizon that my address had been changed and to call if I hadn't changed it. So I called and yep, it was. And someone had tried to order a new phone already. Cripes.

[LoveTrains]

Yeah I have an issue with a woman with the same name as me. She gives out my email instead of hers sometimes but mine is firstname.lastname@gmail. It's our shared name but I got it first.

She is stupid and annoying. Like I get her hotel confirmations and her swim lesson confirmations and emails from her grandma.

[alleinesein]

Wow...it happens to others! I ended up snagging a yahoo email that the other person with my name apparently had many many years ago and then either yahoo deactivated it or she got rid of it. I get her monthly OnStar report for her 2014 GMC Sierra and every few months I get an email from one of her clients and I politely email them back to tell them that they have the wrong person and that they need to call my name twin and get a valid email from her. I've sent messages to her to fix her email with OnStar but she still hasn't done it.

[AAM2012]

Jul 3, 2015 23:42:56 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Yeah I have an issue with a woman with the same name as me. She gives out my email instead of hers sometimes but mine is firstname.lastname@gmail. It's our shared name but I got it first.

She is stupid and annoying. Like I get her hotel confirmations and her swim lesson confirmations and emails from her grandma.

My email is similar and I found out that the . in the email isn't necessary. So if you put firstnamelastname@gmail..com it would still come to you. If the person has a name that is completely different than your email I would shut it down. Seems weird that they can't just use theirs if it's legit so they have a receipt and updates on shipping, etc.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Ugh. Someone recently had a field day making fraudulent charges on my credit card. I did the fraud thing and now 2 of the fraudulent charges showed up again. It's like the company git the fraud claim and decided "nah."