Identity theft of child Hello, A few months ago I received a collections notice for my 10 year old child. It was for a bounced check in my mother-in-law’s name, to a big box store in her town. When confronted, she claimed her identity and checkbook had been stolen, and produced a police report saying as much. She does not know how my child got involved. My spouse has d…

Protecting myself from theft Just got a message from a mutual friend of my ex and I’s that they took pictures of my financial documents. This included my trust, investment documents, checks, and taxes. Other than changing my bank account numbers and locking my credit down with all three, is there anything else i should do? Should i invest in identity theft protection? If s…

Tips to avoid theft in Barcelona? I’m going to spend five days in Barcelona and am doing my due diligence in plenty of ‘research’ online beforehand. So.. it seems like theft as in pickpocketing/purses being grabbed while out on the town is pretty rampant. I’m assuming leave passports/super important stuff at the hotel and hidden in luggage vs. in clear sight. But for when I’m a…

Is “identity theft insurance” or an administrative service and reimbursement contract for identity theft recovery necessary if one was a victim of a data breach? So I like millions of people back in 2017 were a victim of the Equifax data breach, and I have also been victim of several smaller data breaches according to data breach paper mail notifications and haveibeenpwned.com. I often see commercials from LifeLock, Aura, Zander, and others for “Identity Theft Insurance” which legally is not real insuran…

Should I be worried about theft of my checked luggage? Haven’t ever flown on a plane before and I’m planning on my first time for an upcoming hunting trip. I’m putting a muzzleloader, handgun, processing knives, expensive dive knife, and multi-tool all in one lockable case for my checked luggage. All of these things are listed as ok for checked luggage. My only concern is that one of the workers che…