Impostor Attempts ID Theft
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Updated: 7:37 PM Feb 2, 2009
Impostor Attempts ID Theft
"He's trying to protect my identity...I'm pretty sure he's trying to steal my identity"
Your identity can be stolen with just a phone call, that's why scam artists try to fool us into saying more than we should. Now there’s a different twist on phone scams.
Posted: 6:47 PM Feb 2, 2009
Reporter: Mike McKnight
Email Address: sixonline@wowt.com
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Your identity can be stolen with just a phone call, that's why scam artists try to fool us into saying more than we should. Now there’s a different twist on phone scams.

Jay Foster of Omaha finds it ironic. "He's trying to protect my identity, but I'm pretty sure he's trying to steal my identity."

Foster said a caller claiming to be with LifeLock has called him repeatedly. "He said he could protect everything I had, but he’d have to have my bank account numbers and social security number."

LifeLock CEO Todd Davis said the caller doesn’t represent LifeLock and that scammers use the trusting names of companies to fool victims. "This is a first for us and we’ll do everything to make sure the people doing this end up in custody.”

In a statement to Six On Your Side, Davis said LifeLock has provided information to law enforcement on who might be making the impostor calls.

Foster knew something was up when he phoned the number that showed up on his caller ID. "I called him right back and he answered the phone as Justin after telling me 10 minutes before that his name is John Bell."

Six On Your Side called that number as well and got a recording. “I'm sorry, this subscriber's mailbox is full."

LifeLock tells customers to call corporate headquarters at 1-800-LifeLock to verify if a company representative has called them.


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