I will tell this story from the beginning:
3 days ago, I get an email from Google Ads (which I have never signed up for or used before) saying “Automated rule “666” ran with 1 changes”, and a $13 charge. So I go to “my” Google Ads account and see that this person is running two advertisements worth about $60 total.
So I do some more digging, check the card being use to pay these charges. Thankfully, it isn’t a card of mine so I think nothing of it, someone must be using my email and using their card to pay these charges. I log out and for some reason, I don’t change my password like an idiot.
The next day, I get the same email, saying that the automated rule successfully ran and blah blah blah, I take a more aggressive approach and cancel the Google Ads account. However, this time I dig further into the card being used... the info has my name and a ZIP code in Texas. Ok weird... as I live in California and I’ve never seen the last 4 digits of this card anywhere in my life.
I get a free credit report from 2 different agencies. The only credit card under my name is the one I opened last year, but never used once. So I rule out the idea of this card being a credit card. Is it possible that someone is using my name and identity to open an entire bank account, and is basically living their life as me? Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Submitted May 09, 2021 at 04:46PM by arenasfan00 https://ift.tt/3b9JCbJ
