Celebrity Justice
Identity Theft Ring Preys on Paris

A Philadelphia identity theft ring targeted hundreds of people, including Paris Hilton!

The postal villains used celebs' personal information to make up fake checks and apply for credit cards, reports local CBS affiliate KYW. Victims of the mail fraud include Patti Labelle, Whitney Houston and J.Lo.

Two people were arrested yesterday in conjunction with the scam. The scheming scammers used postal service change of address forms to redirect stars' mail to their North Philadelphia row home.

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16. Wake up,

The story is about identity theft - everyone is at risk.

If you go around putting personal information on social networking sites you are increasing the risk. It is like sticking your head out of a foxhole when machine gun bullets are flying over it

Happy Trails

Posted at 7:47PM on Aug 21st 2007 by Roy Rodgers

17. I would like to find a celebrity victim of identity theft willing to be interviewed about their particular identity theft -and the consequences the crime caused in their life.

How did it affect you? Do you know how you were targeted?
What type of trouble did it cause you?
Did you too, have to deal with credit report nightmares?
Changing credit card and bank account information and cleaning up the mess...did it take hours, weeks, months, years?
Did you feel violated?
Did you file a formal complaint?
Get results?
Do you do anything differently now to protect your identity?

Posted at 12:21PM on Sep 11th 2007 by DeniseRichardson

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