Are You A Victim Of Cramming?
Cramming is the identity theft crime of false charges on your telephone or credit card. It is a major area of identity theft crime and works so well because we often don’t pay careful attention to our credit card or phone statements.
And with automated online bill payment that many people use, bills get paid without ever being seen – making it an even more profitable and less noticed crime by the victims.
Let’s take a closer look at cramming and what to do if you are a victim of a cramming scam.
Report Identity Theft to the Police
One of the most challenging things about life after identity theft is the huge amount of work you have to undertake to clear your good name. It is not nearly as simple as most think.
An important first step in clearing your name is filing a police report about the theft. This police report can then be leveraged when working with the other entities that were affected by the identity theft.
Here is what you do: