# How worried should I be about this (ID theft?) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 10, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-should-i-be-about-this-id-theft/307686 "2005-06-10T02:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-should-i-be-about-this-id-theft/307686/1 "2005-06-10T02:48:56Z")
Long story but I’ll try to give the condensed version. The phone is in my estranged wife’s maiden name. (our seperation is a friendly one) Anyway I get home from work and there are 6 messages for my wife in her maiden name. They are from refinance companies and they all say how they saw that she expressed online and interest in refinancing our home. (this is an apartment and I rent it) Then two more companies call and they both tell me how Mrs. Zebra Jones filled out some form online with this phone number and address. One of them asked if my wife’s email address was fakemrszebrajones@yahoodotcom and I said “nooooo”. So I called her and asked her is she applied for a loan online and she said “nooooo” so now I’m wonderig. Is someone trying to steal her identity and get a loan? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-should-i-be-about-this-id-theft/307686/2 "2005-06-10T17:44:10Z")
Could be. She needs to order a copy of her credit report ASAP from each ofthe major reporting agencies. Go to [Privacy rights.org](http://www.privacyrights.org/) for more information.