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I know how you feel, the mess I had online with mine. However it was handled pretty swiftly by my bank and thank God Western Union was on top of it.

About all I could do from this end was turn in a police report and thankfully I have my online banking and check my balance at least once a day. I also had to notify credit bureaus and such.

I now use the PayPal virtual credit card for my purchases online. Its a one use only card, you get a new virtual card for each transaction.

So its mostly up to each individual to take action and try to minimize the chance of becoming a target. Losing your CC is another issue but still the same process to recover your funds. Been there, done that on the lost CC and it being used.

I would imagine the process of tracking down these jerks would be an astronomical task for our local law enforcement and would take a whole separate department working only on I.D. theft which will probably be the norm eventually as soon as funding is available for it.

Great that you found your perp and it would be nice to have a website with their names, mugs and location on it like they have for sex crimes, because when you experience I.D.theft its a icky feeling to say the least.

Guess the best advise to give folks ... CHECK YOUR ACCOUNTS BY PHONE OR ONLINE DAILY