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Originally Posted by copyrite
Here's a weird Amazon story for you.
In the past four months I've had three things come from Amazon that I didn't order with no other info coming with them. No one else in the family admitted to ordering them.
This morning I decided to call Amazon and see if they could give me a clue where these items came from. I gave the guy the tracking information from the package from yesterday, and this is where it got weird. He said it was from me. I said no way.
He asked if I had another Amazon account, to which I said no, asked if I had other email addresses (hah! doesn't everyone?), and said there was another Amazon account with my name, address, email address beginning with the letter "x" at yahoo.com (not one of my many email addresses). There is no phone number with the account. Said account does not have any of my credit cards on it, was created in June of 2016, and has made 18 purchases, all from gift cards, that have been sent to various addresses in the US, which included four to me, the first one was from last June, something I didn't remember even getting!
I asked CS how I could go about getting this account deleted and was told it couldn't be done. He eventually sent me to a supervisor who gave me the same run around, but said the two step-authentication I already have enabled is the best thing I could do, as not even CS can access my account without a code I give them.
If some strange person is going to use my name and send me things, can't they at least send me something I'll use?!?!  |
They may be using your social security number as well.
First I advise you to look into it (contact the IRS and Govt SSA )and by the way change all your passwords and use a unique one for each of your accounts.
Second don't store your info on line unless you encrypt it first. You are safer storing stuff at home under look and key in a fireproof box or in a safety deposit box because your online accounts can be breached.
Simple tricks can protect your passwords.
for example the password gzlizard35204 would be stored as gzlizard20435.
There are far more elaborate ways to generate and use passwords but that is for the "Master's Class."