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Identity Theft, a client was taken as a baby (sorry not sure where to post this)?
and raised under someones name and some how a social security # was obtained in the 1980's. The couple that stole her as a child recently died and the sh$t hit the fan. The birth certificate she has is not her as she traced it to a family and they proved by DNA and death certificate that their child died.
She is now an adult who has worked at the same job for 17 years but is afraid that she is a criminal as all of her identity is fake? We called the Bar Association and they laughed it off as a joke and said they cannot help her. They told her to hire a detective but how does she hire someone to find out information about her if all is false?
If you are a lawyer or detective or have any leads to help this person I would really appreciate it, does she need to see a criminal attorney or family law? Serious answers thanks in advance - rude comments will be reported.
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- MercyLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I absolutely cannot answer your question, but there IS a website called www.justanswer.com. I've used it 2 or 3 times when I had a quandry (not as serious as yours, but one of those indefinable things you need help figuring out how to start dealing with) and on one occasion with a veterinary question. They have physicians, attorneys, veterinarians, psychologists--professionals--available online. You ask your question. They route it to a pool of people with the professional credentials and background to address your issues. You get to see their credentials and experience. The service is not free. The vet cost me $15; the attorney cost me I think $40.
So you have to give a credit card (secure site), but they cannot and will not charge through any fees until you are satisfied with their advice and accept their answer. They will answer, you can ask as many follow up questions as many times as you want, and at the end, they will ask you if you have enough information or a sufficient resolution that they can charge it through.
It is a place to begin, possibly a place that will direct you where to go next, maybe a way of conceptualizing the problem at hand in terms of directions in which solutions/resolutions may lie. No matter how serious this woman's situation may be, it almost certainly is not unique. Someone else has faced it.
One further idea. This situation is so special, and it is INTERESTING. The circumstances that trust and love and hard work have left this woman in are just the opposite of the circumstances those things should leave her in. So there is a potential for a news story here, and a very interesting one at that. Keep this in mind. I mean, she may not want or seek publicity, but if she does sit squarely in a loophole that would cut her off from the benefit of her years of work, the press is an excellent place to draw enough attention to her circumstances that any resulting legal strategy would have an engaged and interested watchdog, which cannot hurt one lone lady without a past, and could very much work to her benefit.
good luck to you and to her.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Does she have someone else's ID and SS#? If she does, then she needs to straighten it out. However, it seems that she has not taken over someone else's identity, which is what ID theft is.
