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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, I found out that, after offering to fill out my student aid application for me, my mother sent all of my personal information to a scam site instead. 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)
HoldenGrudges 0
yep **** that turn her in; way to treat ur kids!
MyS3lf 24
That really sucks. I'm sorry to hear that, but if you don't turn her in she might go ahead and do that to someone else, and having screwed up credit pretty well messes up the rest of your life. You can't get a loan for a car, a house, or anything else. It can even prevent you from being considered for certain jobs. She cared so little for you that she just screwed up your whole future, why protect her? Anyone who would get angry at you for it probably doesn't care that much either, so why protect her?
Kitten16 0
I would...
FyreKrotch 1
Eff that!! I would report her. People only do what you allow them to do, OP. In the meantime, FYL.
klong91 7
Stop being a pussy a turn her in by not doing so it's just showing her that it's ok.
lil_lala209 5
sue her, simple... just have her pay you what she owes...
craphappened 4
Spare the rod and spoil the child. Which in this case, is the mom. Of you haven't advised her against continuing this fraud, YDI. If you have and she still doesn't give a damn about it, its time for the law to put her in her right place.
sandiiiiiii 0
WTF kind of mom is that.
cdb1217 0
oh man that sucks!! I know exactly what your going through! my mom did the same to me and I've had hell trying to get her to pay them off! now my credit is screwed beyond belief!!
brittny12 0
My mom did the same thing to me. I had ended up turning her in. She took a credit card out in my name and racked up over a thousand dollars just at the vet. Not to mention the other things she used it to buy. I'm a college student who is out on my own. There is no way I would have been able to pay that on my own. I turned her in to the fraud department and my credit has been restored. Sometimes it doesn't matter who it is, you have to consider your future.