How Identity Theft Caused Incredible Problems That Were Hard To Fix For Me

How identity theft causes a tremendous ordeal for anyone, well as you are about to find out that's what happened to me. On a hot day in June I was invited over to a very close friends house for dinner. When I got there they asked if I was kind enough and go to the local grocery store to pick up a few ingredients that were forgotten. To no hesitation I headed out the door and drove out of the driveway with the store as my destination.

I drove down the street, up to the stop sign when I noticed a Police Officer right behind me. I was not concerned for the simple reason that I knew I wasn't violating any laws. I continued to drive towards the store paying no mind to the Police car. In just a flash of a second he turns on his lights pulling me over on the side of the road. When I asked what was the reason for pulling me over he replied that I had a warrant for my arrest.

Unbelievable, the thought could not fashion what the Officer said, so he repeated it to me twice and it still made no sense. I was told to step out of the vehicle, he then proceeded to read my rights and I was put into the back seat of the Police car. When he showed me the screen with all my information except my real name was used as an alias, my driver's license number was on there, plus my social security number as well. Now, the only two things that were different were that the person had a different name and he was much shorter in height.

Talk about how identity theft can shock the living daylights out of you. It sure did for me; I was in such a shock that life seemed surreal. Why me, why was I in this predicament and then I remembered that my wallet was stolen a year and a half ago from my Isuzu Rodeo. The outstanding warrant was issued in Arizona for a violation, mind you that I reside in Tampa, FL and my only travels have been up the East Coast only.

They even tried to ship me out to Arizona over this Identity theft problem, it had me completely stressed. Well, after spending a night in a holding cell refusing to be sent to a place that I had never been to in my life. I caught a break in the whole ordeal; my fingerprints were the reason that they cleared me and let me go.

I tell you that even when I got home I could not believe that I went through such a stressful situation. It was a situation that I would never wish upon no one to go through, think about how identity theft can affect you.