Interview with the Guy Who Tried to Frame Me for Heroin Possession

Post by mirimir » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 3:51 PM UTC

xoa wrote: post #38

mirimir wrote: post #26

Damn. It does seem that stupid mistakes took him down. Revealing too much about himself on his forum. I mean, if he'd been careful, compromise of that forum would have revealed nothing about him. And for Dog's sake, using the same password on low- and high-security accounts! Of course, the real story could be hidden through parallel construction. But on it's face, this does support the argument that it's stupid mista…

> Damn. It does seem that stupid mistakes took him down. One possibility on the "cautionary lessons for the rest of us" front is a classic bit of wisdom about asymmetric adversarial situations: the other party only needs to get lucky once . There is a fundamental challenge of scale and time for any entity or individual that tries to run something dealing with persistent antagonists over long time periods, it just pla…

Post by dekhn » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 4:02 PM UTC

jimktrains2 wrote: post #41

dekhn wrote: post #25

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Are you sure you want to risk long-term credit problems because you refuse to interact with a debt collector? I don't think that's wise.

If they're not on the debt, hence why the collector won't talk to the adults, and the debt is in the name of a 10yro, won't that disappear by the time the kid's 18 and not show up on the parents' record?

Post by oyebenny » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 4:16 PM UTC

kerkeslager wrote: post #36

yardie wrote: post #2

I wonder how much of his personal information was gleaned from "respectable" American companies like Lexis-Nexis, Equifax, and Transperian? I'm sure they gave everything and medical history for the price of a few coins. I have no respect for companies that don't respect my privacy. And I make it a habit of giving them as much useless, inaccurate information as possible.

> And I make it a habit of giving them as much useless, inaccurate information as possible. How do you do this? (Specifically, with the companies you mentioned.)

Post by giardini » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 4:20 PM UTC

wool_gather wrote: post #35

giardini wrote: post #34

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yardie says> So, we're at an impasse and no one can tell us anything.* This is not true. And the system works fine. But you'll have to do some work (write a few letters and maybe a bit more). Here's how: 0. Open a chronological paper file. Copies of all correspondence with dates clearly marked/stamped will go into this file. Put the file into a file cabinet: put a copy of every letter, note or form, including the cre…

It's obscene that this burden falls on these folks because someone else falsely used this kid's name. The police report should be filed against the collection agency and the credit bureau, for fraud.[0] We may not have debtor's prisons anymore, but we certainly have guilty-by-default for finance. > it shows how most of the world works. It certainly does, but not in the way you meant. :/ [0]I'm aware this is not legal…

Post by jimktrains2 » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 4:29 PM UTC

EpicEng wrote: post #45

jimktrains2 wrote: post #43

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Is it really to their benefit of they loose money unrelated to the supposed debt doing it?

Yes, because it's better than the alternative (ruining the credit rating of your ten year old, something they'll have to fix 8+ years from now). A perfect solution doesn't always exist. In this case it's very unlikely they would need to hire a lawyer anyway.