Roommate and Money: Cough up

Cough up

By Anonymous - 13/11/2009 22:29 - United States

Today, I learned I have over $10,000 in debt, despite never owning a credit card. Apparently, my ex-roommate had been replying to the credit card offers I was receiving in the mail. That also explains my missing driver's license a few months back. FML

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By clecker - 08/10/2009 10:24 - Australia

Today, I finally paid off the massive debt on my credit card. I came home only to find that almost everything I owned had been repossessed an hour before I paid the debt. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/09/2009 02:44 - Canada

Today, I found out that my girlfriend of almost 6 years has put me in debt over $33,000. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/09/2009 02:11 - Canada

Today, I received a surprise "absolute final notice" email for payment of an overdue fee from the university I withdrew from 6 months ago. Turns out, my old landlord has been hoarding their letters to me. As a result, my credit is now in the shitter and I had to pay an extra $120 in interest. FML

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By poor_college_kid - 15/09/2016 12:39 - United States - Tucson

Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML

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By broke bitch - 23/06/2015 04:15 - United States - Hampton

Today, I got a call from my cable company in regards to a bill I didn't pay. I paid the bill two weeks ago in full, but they never told me the account changed when my name was put on the account. So now I owe $170 more, and my ex-roommate is getting a $140 refund in the mail. FML

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By MommyLovesMe - 08/03/2011 15:21 - United States

Today, I learned why my credit score is so low. My mom stole my identity almost three years ago. Her excuse? "You didn't need good credit for anything anyways". FML

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By boned - 27/01/2010 05:25 - United States

Today, I checked my university financial account to discover I owed them over $1000. The reason? They had apparently given me too much money when I applied for a loan and now want it back. Oh, and I spent my loan money on books and a laptop for school. FML

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IRS FML

By Anonymous - 19/06/2022 20:00 - United States - Spartanburg

Today, I got a letter from the IRS informing me that I owed a debt of $80 dollars from 4 years ago, and that it has now grown to over $800 dollars, and it's due this month. FML

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Scammed

By Anonymous - 08/03/2023 05:00 - United States - Austin

Today, I noticed my credit score increased by 30 points. Not understanding why, I checked credit karma and found out someone opened several credit cards in my name. FML

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By armenta427 - 07/10/2009 04:12 - United States

Today, I found out that my parents are 28,000 dollars in debt and that my bank account has $27.17 in it. They took my money to help pay their debt. FML

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lostfaithinpppl 19

Saturday 14 November 2009 2:54

This is fraud and is a felony. OP, turn him in and take it up with the credit bureau. He needs to go to jail for this.

dudeitsdanny 9

Saturday 14 November 2009 2:52

Get the idiot for identity theft. That's messed up. FYL for having a criminal roommate.

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JP101 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 5:18

I call fake. You can't get a credit card without a social security card. If this is true, though, go here: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp There, you can monitor your credit score once a year, paid for BY the government. Also, you can sign up for FreeCreditReport.com, and they will monitor your credit and let you know of any kind of activity that affected your score or increased your debt.

rightsaidred 3

Saturday 14 November 2009 5:45

It's not hard to get ahold of if you live with someone. I mean, I knew where my college roommate kept hers. I've gotten mail that had my SSN on it. I keep my old tax records, which have my SSN on them. Also, I don't know where the OP is, but up until about 4 years ago, my home state still used your SSN as your driver's license number. There are any number of ways to get someone's SSN, even without the card.

woofis 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 6:03

I'm pulling the "if I had a nickel" for every bad roomate FML...

kxs401 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 6:16

Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?

popatia 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 6:34

For the past week or so all the fmls suck. Including this one!!

TheIrishJaneDoe 8

Saturday 14 November 2009 7:14

Yeah, I've had my SSN on my license. In only one of the 5 states I've lived was it required; all others either gave me a choice or didn't mention it at all. (And because this is an FML comment, I should clarify that I'm referring to what is printed on the license, not what I needed to obtain said license.) The state that required it was WV though, where everything is bass ackwards.

Mortanious 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 8:08

YDI for being really that ignorant! Good God, use your eyes and logic, and don't ever trust anyone that blindly! Now with all that said FYL

Thecommish 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 8:22

call FBI.

blastvortex 3

Saturday 14 November 2009 9:21

Let me get this straight. You lost your driver's license but didn't report it? What are you, nuts? You might as well have purchased a firearm and blown a hole through your own foot. Also, how the hell did he reply to your business mail with just your DL since your Texas license doesn't contain your SSN? *hmm* This FML sounds most suspicious...