Came home from work last night to find a large box containing an unassembled 5' geodesic dome play structure leaning against the garage. The box was addressed to my wife at our correct address ... but: a) neither of us ordered it; and b) we immediately went online and checked all of our credit card accounts and there's no record of it (so we don't feel that anyone stole our credit card numbers - or understand why if they did that they'd have a jungle jim sent to our house).
Contacted the company that shipped the jungle jim first thing this morning, and learned that someone placed an online order using an email address (t************@techie.com) that neither my wife nor i recognize - I'm not listing the full email in case it's just some weird mistake - and the phone number provided on the online form is from area code 692 ... which is the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific! The company is checking to see what credit card was used for the purchase - but I can't figure out the reason why anyone would do this UNLESS (and here's the scary part):
Last year someone filed a false tax return using my wife's and my legit social security numbers and address. (The IRS caught it when I filed for an extension after the false return had been filed). I suppose that whoever got out i.d.'s last year might have been able to get a new credit card in my wife's name ... but what is there to gain from using that credit card to order a jungle jim and have it delivered to our house in Michigan if they're in the Marshall Islands? It's not like they can return it for cash.
Anyone have anything similar happen to them? Any thoughts about what's really going on here?
Contacted the company that shipped the jungle jim first thing this morning, and learned that someone placed an online order using an email address (t************@techie.com) that neither my wife nor i recognize - I'm not listing the full email in case it's just some weird mistake - and the phone number provided on the online form is from area code 692 ... which is the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific! The company is checking to see what credit card was used for the purchase - but I can't figure out the reason why anyone would do this UNLESS (and here's the scary part):
Last year someone filed a false tax return using my wife's and my legit social security numbers and address. (The IRS caught it when I filed for an extension after the false return had been filed). I suppose that whoever got out i.d.'s last year might have been able to get a new credit card in my wife's name ... but what is there to gain from using that credit card to order a jungle jim and have it delivered to our house in Michigan if they're in the Marshall Islands? It's not like they can return it for cash.
Anyone have anything similar happen to them? Any thoughts about what's really going on here?
