Countrywide customers warned about ID theft
by Melissa Blasius - Sept. 9, 2008 06:21 PM

Many Countrywide Home Loan customers are receiving letters warning about potential identity theft.

The letters apologize after a former mortgage employee sold unauthorized information about customers.

This comes about a month after the FBI arrested Rene Rebollo, a former Countrywide employee, and another man in California. Rebollo is accused of obtaining customers social security numbers and other personal information from his company computer. According to the FBI, Rebollo saved the information on personal flash drives, and he sold the identification data over two years.

ya..this stuff is serious. My friend got his drivers liscence stolen by his cousin. His cousin went to jail 4 states away. Miraculously my friend found about it the day before his cousin was set for release. HE had to drive down there, prove he was NOT the one in jail. He even had to take his parents to ID him.
just to keep a felony off of HIS record.
His cousin now has extra federal felony charges, I believe and did not get released that day. lmao

crazzZZZy

BNY Mellon Share holders received a letter explaining Back-up tapes with Social Security numbers and other personal information was "Lossed" too. The careless handling and access of personal information demonstrates the lack of regard many companies have for its customers. "Trust" can be an expensive thing.

I don't know why I bother shredding my junk mail.

When they steal ID's this way. WTF!

Until recently one of our local community colleges kept class rosters with students name, address and social security numbers on classroom attendance rosters. The student number was the same as the social security number. These rosters were easily viewable and copyable and were handled very casually.

After several years of complaining the school finally removed that info and assigned new student numbers.

Personal information really isn't personal no matter what you may do to try to keep information secure the people handling it on the other end don't seem to be so careful.

lynann
'Personal information really isn't personal no matter what you may do to try to keep information secure the people handling it on the other end don't seem to be so careful.'

Same for medical records, most doctors offices, medical offices used a persons social security as their patient number.

I am extremely cautious with mine, having had been a victim of identity fraud in the past.

When I hear people freely give their ss#'s over phones or computers it bothers me.