THIS WEEK - FROM THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE CASTLE CASE FILES

The Case of the Purloined Phone Number
Client contacted KnightsBridge Castle after receiving a new credit card he did not request. Upon notification of a fraud to the credit issuing bank, the fraud department of the bank admitted that the charges were fraudulent.

The client activated a “fraud alert” on his credit. Computer equipment, and other items of immediate resale value, had been purchased and shipped to another address using the fraudulent credit card.

Using KnightsBridge Castle's RapidResponder system we learned that seven fraudulent new credit cards had been issued over a two week period. In addition identity thieves had been ordering credit reports from the credit bureaus to facilitate their theft. Upon examining our proprietary eye-spy database, KBC case specialists noted that the phone number placed in the credit bureau file had been changed from the client’s home number to a new telephone number. The new number was traced to two separate pre-paid cell phone numbers. The identity thieves had detected the fraud alert and then changed the alert telephone number with the credit bureau. With this ploy, credit issuers were phoning the credit thieves to verify the application for new credit as valid.

Following our customized action plans, and with the assistance of the local police department, the client was able to shut the criminals down cold. His credit records are now locked and inaccessible to the thieves. Eye-spy is constantly monitoring financial databases, personal information databases, and other sources of information for any identity theft activity.

Posted by Tim Logan