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So, its been a long time. Many years in fact. But I finally have almost all of the negative items on my credit reports removed that were due to Identity Theft.
It has cost me thousands of dollars and thousands of hours. I dont really care about the money, but the countless hours of dealing with creditors and collection agencies gets very tiring and causes stress.
Unlike some people, I was lucky that they actually caught two of the individual and prosecuted them. One was a repeat offender for Identity Theft, so with his prior strike against him he was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. The other was a first time offender was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. I personally dont feel either of these sentence were long enough, but I should be happy that they at least caught the individuals. I am sure that they are both going to come out and do the same thing again. Even the prosecutor said that is usually the case. if you take a tiger out of the jungle, it doesnt make it any less of a tiger. Does it...?
In any case, there are only 2 items left to be removed from my reports, both items are large collections. One is a $2500 collection and the other is a $5000 collection, both are fairly recent (within that last year) so I assume they are affecting my score tremendously. My scores are currently hovering around the low-mid 600 range, though I am not sure what my EX is "exactly" as I can only base it on what their own website shows. After these collections are removed and my CC balances update (paid everything off this last month) I am sure my score should be right back to where it was many years ago (mid-high 700's)
The only CC's and loans I currently have are as follows, all CCs are paid off and no lates showing. My credit history goes back roughly 9 years. I live in CA:
Capital One $1500
HSBC $750
Continental Finance $500
Plains Commerce $500
Toyota/Lexus (installment loan for my Lexus) - balance owing is $32k, orig amount financed was $54k
Student Loans (Dep of Education) - 18k in repayment