Home financial budget money news personal finance personal finance news Someone was able to get a credit card under my name despite using an incorrect social security number and misspelling my name. How am I supposed to protect myself from fraud if companies will give credit cards to anyone?

Someone was able to get a credit card under my name despite using an incorrect social security number and misspelling my name. How am I supposed to protect myself from fraud if companies will give credit cards to anyone?

Mr Cheaply On 2:37 AM

The person immediately maxed out the card (almost $2000) and my credit was affected. Luckily the company reversed the charge and is investigating.

Submitted December 22, 2018 at 05:48PM by n1kct http://bit.ly/2CtRWC1

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Someone was able to get a credit card under my name despite using an incorrect social security number and misspelling my name. How am I supposed to protect myself from fraud if companies will give credit cards to anyone?

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