Michael Jay Lissnerhttps://michaeljaylissner.com/2008-09-15T15:00:30-07:00I Am Me, Dammit!2008-09-15T15:00:30-07:00Mike Lissnertag:michaeljaylissner.com,2008-09-15:posts/2008/09/15/i-am-me-dammit/<p>Well, it happened. The bastards stole my identity. They somehow got my credit
card number, address, phone number, etc, took them, and put them to use. Grand
total losses: $309. Not too bad, considering.</p>
<p>I’ve called my credit card company, and they promise to reimburse me for my
losses. This is when I thank the federal government for making them do this.
Thank you feds!</p>
<p>I’m thinking about how this happened, and I have a theory. I am about 95% sure
this happened as a result of shopping for car parts online. One of the
retailers I went to (lost to me now) decided to share my contact information
with a number of “partners” so that a part I was looking for could be found
more easily. I ended up getting the part, but I think they might have shared
more info than they should have. Arg. </p>
<p>After all of the services that credit cards have tried to sell me over the
years to protect me from this kind of thing, I’m happy to say that I’m fine
without them. It’s really not the end of the world…it’s annoying though, yes.</p>