I think i might be a victim of identity theft...

[dubrx 10+ year member]

early this morning while i was at class i recieved a phone call from an autoparts dealer asking to call them back. After i recieved the voicemail i called them and they said that someone (fontana motorsports) had used a check from a business account at a Danbury, Ct Savings Branch of Danbury bank to make a purchase..roughly $400 worth of autoparts. When the company went to cash the check they were told that the account had been closed.

Not really sure where its going from here but:

I contacted the Savings Bank of Danbury, they could not give me any information as to whether they had an account open or closed under that name, and were pretty much useless to any sort of help.

I then seached Fontana Motorsports in Google and came across no results for a company webpage, but did find someone who used the name Fontana Motorsports on a Subaru Legacy forum, the profile said that this person was age 32 and located in danbury CT.

Im waiting for a call back from the autoparts dealer, but am not really sure where to go from here

I dont feel like i could get into any trouble, but really the only actual information that seems to be real on the check is my phone number...which is printed on the check under the address and company name.

Anyone got any ideas or have any CT guys heard of this place?

I am away at school, so there is no way for me to have given this check to the company, plus i have less that $100 to my name right now so I am just worried somehow I will get stuck having to pay this bill...

any ideas?

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[Relax 10+ year member]

Uhm- so the only thing on the check that is correct is your phone number?

No other information of your is on there?

Perhaps the Fontana guy wrote the number wrong on his check form, the bank printed the wrong number, the company dialed the wrong number, the number used to be the Fontana guys, etc.

Unless it has your bank account attatched to it or your name or social security number- it was prolly just a mistake.

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

id inform my bank and anyone else about my concerns immediately.might mean a bunch of bs to do, but it might prevent a bunch more, and worse bs.

 

[dubrx 10+ year member]

yea the only thing that links me is my phone number, the other information is Fontana Motorsports and then there address.

I thought maybe he just wrote down the wrong number, but then with the account being closed im kind of skeptical of that. ive have this number for the past 4 or 5 years so i dont think he use to have it, or would still remember it as his number.

but yea i believe since i have no account at the bank, and my name is not on the check there is no way to put this on me...i feel bad for that compnay though who just got shafted $400

 

[Benilson09 10+ year member]

If your unsure check your credit report, and put a security freeze on your profile

 

[dubrx 10+ year member]

just talked to my bank...nothing can happen to me...they said that the company will just have to dispute with insurance if they cannot resolve this with the original buyer

 

[bigwheel15 10+ year member]

Im pretty sure bigbangtheory stole your indentity.