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
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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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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)
dakorok 6
I don't give two ***** who it is. If you break the law, especially by stealing from me, You can be sure I'm going to make sure you're sent away for as long as I can make it.
mandapanda27 5
That sounds like a really hard place to be. I wouldn't want to turn my Mom in either and in a perfect world, you wouldn't have to. Obviously your Mom didn't think about your feelings or future by doing this. I'm not saying to call the cops on her, but at the very least you do need to dispute the charges w/ the bank and take your Mom to court to get your money back. It wont be easy, but if you dont things will never change and deep down you know that. Good luck!
ckjacques53198 0
How long has your mom been a crack head?
nocanhaz 4
Send her to jail but make sure you get her arrest on tape so if or when she gets out of jail show it to and then reject her forever.
dohnuthead 2
send her to jail. she doesn't seem to care about you if she does that.
dt520 4
are you sure about that? sounds like it isnt working out for anyone already, and if you have siblings they're next.
kingnothing607 3
Thats theft, and your credit is now ruined because of her ILLEGAL behavior, not only is that illegal but TO HER OWN CHILD?! Send her scummy ass to jail.
crankyinthemorn 0
It seems she didn't give 2 s**ts about you or your credit. Why care so much about punishing her for the CRIME she committed, not to mention the moral wrong she did to you, her own daughter. But if you refuse to punish her criminally then at least take some sort of legal action and sue her civilly and try to recoup the money she STOLE from you. Also, you can dispute those charges on your credit report. Look in to it. Do it. Don't sit around whining about it, "poor me", DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! You'll be glad you did.
freeholdphil 0
First of all, WTF was she doing out of the kitchen!?!?!? You need to shorten the chain. Then you can think about turning her in or not.
Sparx1_1 16
You need to confront your mother make her get all that shit put into her own name so that your credit can be restored. Credit card companies deal with this all the time and will keep it out of court as long as she co-operates. Her credit is obviously already trashed so she isn't going to lose anything. If she refuses call the police and press charges. The worst that happens, when it's family member fraud, is that the court will order the debt moved over to her name. Convictions and jail time are extremely rare in these cases and most of it is settled out of court... but don't tell your mother that.