Hey guys... Sorry I haven't been around to help bust Tritoneers chops and such, but this Ford recall that just came out is kicking our call center's butt. Thus, causing me to work on a new phone routing scheme to separate these calls out. Then I had to separate out the auto vs motorhome calls... Sheesh, don't they know they are cutting into my time on this board?!!

Since Monday, we've (NOT me) taken around 12,000 calls on this recall and someone said the recall went out to 1,000,000 or so Ford owners. Don't ask me what the recall is on or what vehicles are affected, I'm just the IT guy.

Now for my "other" stressor from yesterday. Monday, when I got home from work and checked the mail, there was a letter from a collection company in my mailbox, saying I owe $561 or so. I have NEVER been delinquent on any bills I have had!!!

So, yesterday I call the collection company and they tell me where the bill originated. North Dakota... Things are starting to click now. My ex-wife lives in North Dakota. I call the company that the bill was from (the utility company up there) and try to get it taken off. To start, they didn't want to try and help. But the more I told them the more they stopped to think about what she had done. The lady kept telling me that I had to prove that I wasn't the one that set up the account, but couldn't tell me WHAT to send her as proof. The bottom line was:
My divorce was final in 1998, although we had been separated since 1996.
I remarried in 2000.
My ex used my SSN and name in California first for some reason (The address shows up on my credit report - more on that in a minute...)
She then used my info again in 2003 in ND to fraudulently obtain a rental (TRAILER) and utilities.
I have NEVER even been NEAR North Dakota, much less lived and worked there.
Her "Landlord" verified that he "was renting to (My name) and (My ex). Hmmm. Who was posing as me up there? (See below)

So, I get in touch with the 3 national credit reporting companies and place a fraud alert on my credit report, and when I checked the report, the collection company had made an inquiry (but was not showing as a debt yet.), her address in California was on it, and her address from North Dakota was on it. I got the CA adress taken off, the collection company is going to request to be removed, and they can't take the ND address off because it's associated with the fraud.

Oh, I also contacted the Mandan, ND Police Dept and filed charges for identity theft and fraud against her.

I got a call in the midst of typing this, from Montana Dakota Utilities. The lady said that they had done some research, had her SSN, and even asked me if the name Tommy (her boyfriend when all of this happened back in 03) rang a bell. I told her, "Yup!!! That there's your (My name) that you had coming in with my ex to get utilities."

I hope that lowlife, waste of oxygen goes down in a big way for this. She's a liar, a thief, and a deadbeat parent who stoops so low as to steal from her own child.

I'm also going to pursue filing for full custody and child support. I know I won't get any money out of her, but it will be on record that she's a deadbeat parent.

I'm done.

 

Sounds like a road trip and an *** whoopin is in order....

 

I wish they'd allow street justice in cases like this.

 

Geez.

I hate all that is happening to you man. I know what it's like to have a dead BEAT exwife, and it's no fun.




[EDIT]
*I suck at this typing thing.

 

Editization complete..

R/
Craig

 

I THINK he meant deadbeat.

In a perfect world...

Actually, I think I'll be more at ease seeing her do some hard time. I have a friend that's training for the PD and he said she should get no less than 1 year. Considering that she has a prior charge in AZ for writing bad checks, the fact that she used my info in CA first, then again in ND, and the fact that she stole from her own son, I think she shouldn't/wouldn't get off easy.

 

Any LEO's in the house today that have an opinion on my problem? I'd really like to hear what the possibilities are for her and how strong of a case I have...

 

I know what he meant...just me being bored..

 

Thanks Craig.

That's what happens when a person that has the typing skills of a monkey gets in a hurry.

 

 

Yep, that's me.

 

Wow, sorry to hear all that Bruzr. I hope it all works out for you and good luck getting custody, sounds like you have a pretty good chance.

 

i think my choice of never getting married seems to make more and more sense every day. lol

 

When you find the right one, it's the best thing in the world.

 

Yup...