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[Ted Frater]

Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:48, Ted Frater wrote:
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>>Hi Bret, I think your beng ultra cautious.
>> Afterall New Hamapshire is about the size of one of the New Zealand
>>islands.
>>Not exactly saying where she  lives.
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>Read it again - she mentions the town she lives in AND her full name!
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>Whether it's wise to list the state would perhaps depend on that state's 
>policy regarding giving out DMV (Driver's license) information to strangers 
>for a fee (used to be policy in almost all states, now they're locking it 
>down).
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>With her town information and last name, she would be easy to find, and 
>probably easy to start intercepting her mail for ID theft or other purposes.  
>That's far too much information, and there's no good reason to supply that to 
>a public mailing list.  You can't put the devil back in the bottle once it's 
>out.
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>I don't wear seat belts because I intend to crash - I wear them because other 
>people might cause the crash for me, and the price can be very high.  Having 
>spent several months talking with my friend whose identity was stolen, I know 
>how high the price can be, and I also know that there is almost no legal 
>support for the victim - they lose thousands and thousands of dollars, and 
>there's no way to simply stop it, no way to be sure it's over.
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>The price is very high.
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>Cheers,
>Bret
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And Yes, Ive re read it and your right,
 Point taken.
 I missed the full name and town.
 as for your friend who has had his id stolen. If he closes his bank 
accounts and stoppes his c/cards
Assuming he has them howcome hes still loosing money?,
Or have I miss read this as well/
 Cheers from the UK. Its freezing here!!
 Ted.