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What is truly sad is that many fraudulent loans are due to the ‘overnight’ loans that are being made. That is what happened in my case.

I am lucky because it was a relatively small amount compared to other cases of more serious cases of identity theft. The amount was $4,000. Still, I had to resolve the issue and get the loan taken off of my account.

These are people who never meet with anyone in person. It’s all done online.
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Bandy,

I specifically said that I was not accusing anyone on this forum for my identity theft issue. I said that I no longer give out my email to anyone due to having it hacked.

Nothing is truly safe online. I am never surprised at anything that happens. These things happen all the time in a modern world.

Thanks, Golden

You’re right. Even if someone is cautious it can still happen. The detective who worked my case said that he has several officers who work on fraud cases all day long.

Geaton,

Many of us have more than one email. It is convenient as far as junk mail goes. Any of the emails can get hacked though to use in fraudulent transactions.

We should change our passwords on a regular basis also.

It’s crazy how many identity thefts happen. These hackers are professional thieves.

We must do everything that we can to protect ourselves and keep a close eye on our financial records because there will always be hackers in this world.
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I wonder if we can come up with a full list here of those with profile problems. They are the only problems still extant with the exception of some nasty little gnat of a hacker. So there is 1) Geaton 2) Barb 3) Freqflyer. Is that currently it? I know JoAnn WAS a victim but I think that hers is fixed.
QUESTION ADMINS: Should those affected perhaps try to close down, and then create an entirely new account>
Would that work?
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Need - I am so sorry you went through that. Even being extra careful sometimes bad things can happen.
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Yes, Alva

This is true. I will have to unfreeze it if I need to. I feel better now with having it frozen for now.

I felt so violated that I was going to do whatever I had to do in order to protect myself from identity theft again.

My brother was selling his large home in D. C. due to health issues that he has. He decided to live in a small condominium.

He had a buyer shortly after listing his house. The deal fell through because the potential buyer discovered that she was a victim of identity theft.

The woman was extremely busy, a prominent doctor who hadn’t checked her credit report in quite some time. So, she couldn’t purchase my brother’s home. He sold it to someone else.

Identity theft can wreck our lives. We can’t become lapsed with tracking our financial records and think that we aren’t vulnerable. Everyone is susceptible to becoming a target.
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Need, putting a freeze on all credit with the three companies is SUCH a good idea. Used to be you could only do this in a few states. Now I think you can everywhere. If you apply for new credit you will have to temporarily unfreeze, but you are given a code to do this. It is such a wise thing to do because then if someone DOES manage to steal your information they cannot open new accounts in your name or do much else. Also, as you said, such a good idea not to open links, and to check your credit reports.
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I no longer give out my email to anyone that I don’t know. I only gave it to a couple of people on this site when they asked for it.

I am not accusing anyone on this forum. It’s just that I am very leery of giving out my email address after being a victim of identity theft.

The police do not tell the identity theft victims the names of the suspects.

The detective told me that identity theft is a very common occurrence and that it can happen to anyone.

I have always been very careful. I don’t click on links. I don’t open any emails from people that I don’t know. I have always automatically deleted junk mail and text. I only order items online from reputable sellers.

Awhile back my email was hacked and someone took out a loan in my name. They had everything, my social security number, phone number and address, etc.

Sadly, some people make their living by becoming a thief.

I saw a notification about a credit score change. Sure enough, when I checked on it, I discovered that someone had taken out a loan in my name.

I saw that I was being notified of missed payments. It’s an awful feeling. I felt horribly violated.

Please check your credit report regularly. We cannot take anything for granted these days.

It’s a mess to straighten out identity theft. I had to file a police report. It takes awhile for the police to sort it out. The detective that worked my case said that his desk is filled with identity fraud reports.

I put a freeze with all three credit bureaus. I also called the financial institution that gave this person the loan. They assured me that they took identity theft seriously and that they would work with the police to resolve the issue.
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Stacy, you seem increasingly more unhappy with AC pages. Sometimes we just need a vacation from it. You might consider taking some time off from it if you are not enjoying it; that sure helped ME when I got myself all unhappy.
I don't see you up on the top answering a lot of our OP's questions anymore. Maybe dive into helping others would be a thing to try.
The Admins say they are leaving up the nonsense so they can continue to investigate it. I suggest we might give them a chance. But those of us who don't wish to give them a chance certainly don't need to stay.
As to eye openers? I have had a few too many for a while. I don't think I will be seeking out more, hee hee.
Take care, woman.
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AgingCare,
Thanks very much for the update. Glad to know you are aware of the hacker, and are investigating.
Would really help us if you DO respond and update us while all this is going on. We all were wondering why, over all this time, the profiles of some people are fixed so readily and others go on and on. We appreciate the update so much. I hope that we can look for updates on THIS PARTICULAR thread. Having "one place" makes it easier.
Personal opinion is that this is a simple amateurish troublemaker who loves chaos. Hope you get her/him.
And hope Geaton's, Freqflyer's, Barb's and any other profiles are still up again.
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Hi all,
 
We are aware of the suspicious activity that transpired over the weekend, and we're looking into it. The original posts have been kept active for now so our team has everything needed to investigate the matter.
 
The profile page bug is still on our radar as well and should be resolved soon.
 
I'll share any updates here as I receive them. Again, thank you all for your patience and for providing such detailed information about the issues you've been experiencing on the site.
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I agree JoAnn.
I hope the admins show up today to tell us what is happening. The Happy-Hacker is still there with all her/his posts to us. And we have heard nothing. All the folks who have no profile are still without a profile. People are saying they will leave, and they are long time members.
I hope that someone will at least speak to us to acknowledge our concerns and reassure us that something is being done.
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Just went thru the posts and the "hackers" 4 posts are still up. I am EST so not sure what time zone this site is in. Would be nice if Administrator would at least tell us they r aware of the problem.
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Bandy, why would you think it was you I was talking about? It could be anybody I was referring to.

I'm not going to say who I meant cause I don't want to cast aspersions on anyone. Whoever it is knows who they are and they should stop it right now so we can all get on with it
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I 100 per cent second Golden's comments. Barb, don't leave. Or anyone else who is considering leaving. We all need each other.

I don't believe there's some big conspiracy on here. In fact this so called hacking problem seemed to have all started when a certain poster (who I won't name) you all probably can guess who I'm talking about, started planting this notion in our heads.

Relax everybody. Things will get sorted out.
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WHOEVER our hacker is, he or she isn't in a white hat, trust me. This is some minor league troublemaker who wants and who loves drama and chaos. If it is the admins I will EAT my hat, white or otherwise! And likely leave the page the same moment. This is someone changing the words of our posters, and playing. That's what they like, to play with people's minds. It's their form of entertainment.
Awaiting the admins attention tomorrow, and hope that they will weigh in at least to tell everyone that it is not THEM posting the snide little nonsense.
Meanwhile, hopefully back to our OPs in the a.m., what this page is supposed to be about.
BARB, don't LEAVE. Or leave only until the page is fixed. Or take a vacation from it. Again, you are not expendible here.
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Barb - please don't leave. You are one of the backbones of this place. Just give it a break for a while and see what A/C sorts out. We all need a safe place for connection with others. I know you are going through a lot and certainly don't need more. ((((((Hugs))) to you.
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Of COURSE, Stacy, they gather information. All businesses gather information. Our information is for sale everywhere. Our TOASTERS have chips to gather info.
Their business is elders. Some love what they do, some don't. They were enormously helpful to my brother when he had to find a place for his partner, not A Place for Mom, but one very similar in So. Cal. Love them or hate them they have a service to sell. And information on us and on our elders is likely gold, if they can sort through the nonsense to get to it.
Again, my opinion only, and this is a wearisome boring subject in any case. People will make their own decisions. What I don't personally like is people PM-ing me things they have ZERO knowledge of, making claims about other people, gossiping, creating conspiracies where none are.
Anyway, my personal opinion is that the page is having some serious problem. Our amateur hacker is only taking advantage of his or her simple knowledge of its system. Now let's just see, let's HOPE they fix it. And let's not make up conspiracies where there are none.
Lastly, if we are NOT here to answer the questions posed to us by our OPs, if we BELIEVE this site is run by people for nefarious reasons, I cannot imagine why we would stay for a second. I certainly wouldn't. I understand Barb wanting/needing to leave for a while. It is frustrating not to be able to get into our own profiles, not to be able to contact people when/if we need to. I understand us getting overwhelmed, or disappointed or tired enough to take some time off. But I don't understand thinking this is some evil setup to gather some information from people, and then staying on it. Because I would leave in a second if I believed that.
No, THIS is lastly. If someone ever tells you that someone is a witch, or is two accounts, or is a shill for the admins, or is working for the page, or or or or or, why not GO TO THAT PERSON and open an honest conversation with them. It's at least worth a try, right?
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Barb, please please don't leave. If you need to take some time off do that. I took 2 months off during the holidays when people were gossiping, shouting at one another, arguing and being devisive. I need to take myself out of it for a while.
Write the admins before you think you want to leave. I got through to ashley.huntsberry@aplaceformom.com. I also copied moderator@agingcare.com and so I don't know which worked.
I hope you won't leave. You are one of the originals for me here, one I truly love and trust and think gives great advice.
I hope if you leave us for a while you come back. If our regulars leave a whole bunch will exit. I am not saying the site won't survive or that we aren't expendible, but you are NOT expendible to me.
Wait and see what Monday brings from the admins. Hopefully some word.
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Again, Stacy. I don't believe conspiracy theories. Didn't then. Don't now.
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Stacy, I never did believe any of the "conspiracy theories" that abounded back years ago about who was actually "working for the site", "hired by the site","a plant of the site", "had other accounts". And I am not buying conspiracy theories today.
People back then were PM-ing utter lies about me (one of which being I was a "practicing witch") and lies about others on this page. There were lies spread to people about "so and so said this about you" to members.
I think that most of those silly theories and nasty gossip is gone. Thank goodness, because we lost people because of them.It was claimed back then that people were "plants". It was then,,and I think now, utter nonsense.
AC isn't going to plant people here to make nonsense hacker posts without telling us that.
People are not plants and many accounts and all of that.
I think that the spreading of rumors should not be tolerated by ANY of us. I think gossip should not be tolerated by any of us.
If people write you a pm to gossip about others, make claims about others, accuse others, I would suggest you GO TO THOSE OTHERS and check it out.
Anyone who does that nonsense has no one's good at heart. This is a simple forum with VERY decent people.
Conspiracy theories about AC and just about anything else is total nonsense and often done to make trouble, to divide people.
My opinion, be it never so humble.
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Boy, leave for the weekend and look what I miss! Hope it gets figured out soon!
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Closing my account-- if these folks can get in this easily and if admins have so little control/care to advise us of what's going on.

Sorry. I can't afford to expose myself this way.
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freqflyer:
Softwear automatically logging me out each visit as well. And I never had profile page problems, but did have the same posting problems that Bandy had.
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Yesterday, I decided to "log out" after not doing that for many years. I wanted to see if that had something to do with my missing profile.... NOT. Then I had trouble trying to "log in" as I couldn't remember what password I had used way back when.

The website said it would send me a temp password. I waited and waited but nothing showed up in my email. So I had a light bulb moment and tried a very old password, and it finally worked. This time I made sure I wrote it in my password notebook.

But now, when I leave this website, the software automatically logs me out. That's weird. Log in/log out. Rinse. Repeat.
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Stacy, that makes ZERO SENSE TO ME, that some attacker would come in to the page without AC letting us know. ZERO. I have never heard of such a thing. My own personal opinion here, but I AM NOT BUYING THAT FOR A SECOND.
Moreover this person says they are happy to do this. Like they are doing AC and US a favor. What BS. I doubt AC asked them to test this site in any way.
Moreover this person says they used their TWO accounts to do this. If this is the case I hope that that person AND their two accounts are banned from the site. Of course, as we ALL know, all one had to do is a little work to get on any site again.
So I have no idea what you are talking about with these wonderful people who are doing FREE HACKING on aging care to make everything great again.
I doubt AC hired this poor misbegotten creature to do ANY testing on this site. Not thousands and not one cool cent. I hope that they can identify them and their "two accounts" asap.
But what would I know?
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Stacy, I am a bit of a computer Luddite, but is this not indicative of a pretty "low level" hacker??? He/she is able to create an account (easily done) and then create a question through that account (easily done) AND he/she is able to then change responses to any responses on that particular question, BUT NOTHING ELSE. That is to say he/she is unable to change our responses on other "legitimate questions". SO, doesn't this mean he or she is most likely not o be a part of the employee system at AC? (disgruntled type). I would think an ex employee could do a lot more sophisticated damage/work on the page.
It's kind of exciting overall, but given the problems on the system in the last week, it does look like some employee/ex-employee or disgruntled "other" who is semi-sophisticated is at work with SOME malevolent intent. And again, I think that would be such a small group.
Someone interested in doing this on an aging care forum must have a really boring life overall I would think.
The threads aren't deleted, either. They are a bit buried, but still there, unless this is a mess of new ones.
Would love to see admin response, but wouldn't be surprised to see our site down on Monday morning for overhaul. Perhaps should form a bit of a tree to reach one another? Or just play it all by ear.
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I find it interesting that some hacker would have any interest in an aging care Forum. Or enough PERSONAL angst/hatred of it, or someone on it, to create this kind of chaos.
It does seem to make sense that anything like this would happen on a Saturday/Sunday. I DO think our admins are around on weekends, because in the past they have responded. I hope Aging Care admins give us a clue what's going on. Has anyone sent notification of this attack, now apparently gone, to an email for our admins?
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The 3 posts I see have been reported.
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That post deserves 100 likes!
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I think the techs have no idea what is wrong or how to fix it FF.
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