What about those who have been victims of identity theft, what was that experience like?

[Christie]

Did you know that identity theft is on the rise? It can happen to anyone, and it's one of those things we never expect.

I recently heard about someone in my family who got hacked - not just once but twice! They were devastated when they found out because this person swiped their social security number too... And even though I had nothing at stake myself (I'm an adult), seeing how much pain everyone went through made me feel thankful for what little protection there was around me.

 

[BuildNSell]

My father had this happen to him through phishing e-mails, of all things.

It was a 2-year process of getting it to stop and then reversing the damages. His credit scores took a hit and he was out over $10,000 from the incident. He was able to recover some of it but not all of it.