so you are saying they did not need access to the info at ancestry.com then to do this??? Of course, that is what you are saying . . . my point exactly!! Jeanine ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hcounter@aol.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Identity Theft > > In a message dated 10/24/2006 12:52:56 PM Central Daylight Time, > jreck@ecenet.com writes: > > I saw more Identity theft from bank employees than common strangers > > > This happened to me in the 60s. Someone had checks with the same name > and a > number one off from mine and then wrote checks that got bounced off my > account. Since I had a somewhat unusual name because of the order and > combination > of my given names and a somewhat unusual Czech surname as soon as I found > out what was going on I was looking at bank employee as far as I was > concerned > and just closed my account and opened one at the credit union for the > company > I worked for. Had no further problems. > > Annie in Minnesota > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have been reading through all the messages on identity theft, and finally decided to weigh in on the issue. I agree that removal of all birth dates can present a great hurdle to those of us who are on a constant quest for the dearly departed. I also agree that birth dates for the living should remain a private matter, however, once a person is deceased, it should be made public. The perpetrators of identity theft will stoop to using the information from a deceased person to ply their particular craft, but this cannot and should not affect the living. Birthdates are just one source of information to someone who specializes in identity theft, and adds to their arsenal of information on a particular individual. Someone bent on stealing a person's identity will also resort to improperly discarded mail, credit card statements, credit card offers, discarded bank statements, as well as information that many of us post to various internet sites. If we are concerned about protecting our identity, we should not provide birth dates to various web sites when we register; we should not provide social insurance or social security numbers readily; we should watch what information we provide to store clerks, etc. Identity theft is more than just birth dates - we play a large part in protecting our identity from thieves. As far as Ancestry.com's website changes, perhaps we should wait and see what is going to be offered. They may decide to post birth dates of those who have been deceased for a specified number of years, or not. We paid for certain information, but if that information is causing problems, lets ensure that our access to information for the departed remains unaffected. We should perhaps concentrate our efforts to let Ancestry.com know about our concerns, and at the same time applaud their efforts to protect the privacy of living individuals. Iris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanine Reckinger" <jreck@ecenet.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Identity Theft > so you are saying they did not need access to the info at ancestry.com > then > to do this??? Of course, that is what you are saying . . . my point > exactly!! Jeanine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Hcounter@aol.com> > To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:01 PM > Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Identity Theft > > >> >> In a message dated 10/24/2006 12:52:56 PM Central Daylight Time, >> jreck@ecenet.com writes: >> >> I saw more Identity theft from bank employees than common strangers >> >> >> This happened to me in the 60s. Someone had checks with the same name >> and a >> number one off from mine and then wrote checks that got bounced off my >> account. Since I had a somewhat unusual name because of the order and >> combination >> of my given names and a somewhat unusual Czech surname as soon as I >> found >> out what was going on I was looking at bank employee as far as I was >> concerned >> and just closed my account and opened one at the credit union for the >> company >> I worked for. Had no further problems. >> >> Annie in Minnesota >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/494 - Release Date: > 10/24/2006 > >