Sorry, one more thing......I have "tracked" down many, many, MANY person's with JUST a name.......it's part of what I'm paid to do, track down missing witnesses, missing person's etc.... And the last time I looked, my date of birth wasn't in the phone book, but I have located a person's Social Security number without hardly trying, you just have to know where to look............I'll give you a hint for just one source.....Do any of you have liens on your car? Your house? A tax lien of any kind? A criminal starts out with just a little info and runs with it from there, they build on it one bit at a time. Oh and I bet some of you even have unlisted telephone numbers???? Think again....... Jana On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 20:11:05 -0500 Jo A Miller <jokelmil@juno.com> writes: > Okay, one more thought on identity theft from genealogy sites. First > you > cannot steal someone identy without more information than just > their > name. You need date of birth, address and phone number, which you > can > get from a phone book, along with a social security number. The > sights > that I have seen only have names of living persons, no other > information > other than their ancestry. > > No ones name is so unique that no one else will have it, so only a > name > will not let someone steal your identity. Anyone who wants to > steal > someones identity can do it without using a genealogy site. There > are > ways of hacking into secured sites that have considerably more > personal > information that a genealogy sight if someone really wants to get > your > personal information. How many times have you filled out a postcard > for > something with information on it that anyone who sees it can get? > If > however, someone is putting more than just a name on their > genealogy > pages, you should ask them to remove it. A name alone cannot let > someone > steal your identity. > > Now that I've gotten that off my chest I hope you will worry a > little > less. > > :-) > > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:47:30 -0500 Jean Loudin <jloudin@rtol.net> > writes: > > Go straight to the people who run Ancestry.com They helped us > as > > we > > had the very same problem. Ancestry even says not to post names, > > etc. of > > the living. I have great difficulty in understanding why people > > can't > > understand this privacy problem. I guess they never had identity > > theft > > happen to them. It happened to my daughter. Let's not make it any > > > easier > > for the crooks. > > > > Jean > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > >

Well, I do know one thing, living or dead, there is 2 or more people with the same name, Senior, Junior, 3rd and so on. Its in my husband's family.This ancestry thing can be confusing and you wander when someone is taking the names but you have to figure it out if they do not use the Jr. or Sr. or whatever. My phone is unlisted and the education department is after me for payment. I have papers on my disability and they will not accept it. I graduated in 92 and went on disability in 95. They said its preexist condition and was not diagnose til early part of 93. I will never get better. They send me notice upon notice and threaten me with court. I have moved from VA to PA. They follow me. I guess it on the head. Social Security. Since they were paying me they took advantage of the situation and here they try to take the money from the ss but could not touch that. The government won't file suit against their client. The took it out of my husband's tax refund. They wind up paying it back every penny. Husband has to file Injury Spouse form every year. America is Free? Since when? Its been 9 years since the last payment went in. They are still harassing me. I got 2 notices last week. Yes, I do believe what this detective said. Jane I believe. They will find you one way or the other and believe me you have not heard the last of them. If the privacy is invated, there is no such thing as privacy much any more. Gloria Wertz of Point Marion, PA People who try to command respect are wasting their time. Respect cannot be commanded, it has to be earned.