Today, I found out my identity was stolen. The person got credit cards in my name and didn't pay the bills, which has ruined my near perfect credit. The worst part about all of this is that I can't turn the person in. It's my mom, and sending her to jail wouldn't really work out for anyone. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I received a call from a collection agency. Since I had no clue, I was ready to file a police report for stolen identity. I then called my mom only to find out she has been opening new credit cards with my information for 3 years and not paying them. My credit is ruined and I'm only 21. FML
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
Today, I discovered my mom has been using my credit card to buy everyone's Christmas presents. FML
Today, I found out my credit card was maxed out to the penny, all thanks to purchases made on an online wine store. Apparently my mother was thirsty enough to steal from her own son. FML
Today, I discovered my own mother has been stealing money from me for months when I opened my savings box to find it empty. FML
Today, all of my credit cards were frozen due to fraud. The culprit? My own mother. She rationalized it by saying I "owed" her for raising me. She didn’t even raise me. My grandma did. FML
Today, I found out why I haven't been getting my bank statements for the past couple of months. My parents have been hiding them from me, because they've been stealing from it. FML
Today, I had to dump my girlfriend because of tons of trust issues that kept reappearing. Shortly afterwards, my credit card disappeared and I got to experience my first identity theft. All within 24 hours. FML
Today, I hid my credit card from myself so I wouldn't use it. Now I can't find it. FML
Today, my sister stole my credit card, used it to rack up a small debt, then told my mom she will pay me back in the future one day, “happily”. But not right now because she has better things to spend her money on. FML
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Top comments
SweetieLish 0
Come on. Grow a pair and turn her in.
da_baddest_bitch 0
thats probably why she does what she does. If we didnt have consequences for breaking the law do you really think people would follow them as much as we do now?
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Comments (223)
mike3775 39
I don't care if it was my own mom or my kids, I would so turn that person in and get my credit rating back. THEFT IS THEFT. By not turning your mom in, you are enabling her to continue
RyNo24 4
send her thieving ass the jail...
Madrias 36
I'm not sure how one could ship someone an entire jail, but I give you a win for a good laugh.
BWill9014 4
son... nice typo
sylphy 0
someone set us up the bomb!
pennies_lane 6
she obviously didn't care that you are her child when she was stealing off you....so you shouldn't give a shit that she is your mum when you turn the bitch in! which you should most definitely do!!!!
Mooseffect 0
Turn her in. You can't let people get away with crap like that.
seahorses4eva 4
Actually, I think it might work out for everyone. Including you, but especially whoever might be next on her robbery scandal list.
MonkeyMan03 0
how?
seahorses4eva 4
How, what? It's fraud. She can't trust her mother and knowing it was her who stole her identity, makes OP susceptible to getting in trouble right along with her for not turning her in. It also prevents OP's mother from being able to do the same thing to someone else, if she's locked up. It might not be the ideal situation, but it definitely would work out better than any other option OP has.
muchagente 5
dear sociologists: of course it's okay to make up fake fmls just to see how the public react on moral issues. just keep in mind that, if you make them too obvious, you will get mostly fake reactions as well. you'd better not rely on them.
Trent_21 6
turn her in. she's a horrible person and even a worse mother. she shouldn't be aloud to live in society
UpsidedownKayak 9
Stealing identity is NEVER ok! No matter who stole your identity, it is still a crime. You need to realize that you should never trust you mother with your finances or personally identifiable information again. You also have to make the difficult decision to turn your mom in to the police. This is a no win situation but to do nothing will be far worse than to fight it. She made the decision be a criminal and a terrible mother to you, you need to stand up for yourself. Good luck OP.
KittehSayzRAWR 0
So turning your mom in and having your identity back doesn't work out for you? I don't see how that's possible...
0opsie 6
Maybe he lives with her? Or she's got something else over him.
Spongii101 12
Maybe OP has younger siblings who would end up in foster care with the mum in jail. I still think she deserves to be turned in though. What a bitch.
bbygiirl 0
@ 82 If the OP does have younger siblings then it should be even more of a reason to turn in their mother. Children shouldn't be living in an environment such as that. Ovbiously the lady isn't fit to be a mother. Imagine what else could happen. I'm sure there are other family members who would be willing to take in the children in a situation such as this, and if not then maybe foster care is what's best for the children.
Metthew 15
Uhm, if your mom steals your identity and ruins your perfect credit - you should be willing to turn her in. What sort of mother does that? She deserves going to jail.