flipstress
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Today started out beautifully but (or maybe "and so") I had the urge to drive out to mall-ville and do some shopping. (I normally stay home on Saturday mornings). I impulsively stopped in at Half-Price books and got engrossed in looking at knitting books.
My purse is almost always like an appendage to my body; I carry it close to me everywhere I go--a habit from my Manila days. Today, though, I was careless and put it below a chair across the shelf I was busy with. The chair and the purse were a little behind me as I greedily browsed through the knitting books. When it was time to pay, my wallet was not in my purse!
I think it was stolen...or (I hope, I hope) I could have left it at the daycare yesterday evening when I picked up my friend's daughter and had to show some ID. I am dejected but I have called the lost-credit card phone number and reported the loss of those cards I think were in my wallet. (I still have my recent TransUnion credit report so I was able to match the list of credit cards with what I physically have, and I reported those I don't have as lost.)
Questions:
1. I think I have my social security card in my wallet. Can I have my SSN changed? I will go over to the SSN website right away.
2. How do I make it so that no one can apply for a credit card or loan under my name, address, and SSN? Is that when I have to pay that fee to the different credit reporting agencies for a credit freeze?
3. My Drivers License was also in my wallet. I suppose it will not be hard to get a replacement for that, you think?
Thanks for answers and other advice on what else to do.
I called the daycare but they are closed, so I left a message. I also called my friend with the young daughter, in case somehow the wallet is at their house.
My purse is almost always like an appendage to my body; I carry it close to me everywhere I go--a habit from my Manila days. Today, though, I was careless and put it below a chair across the shelf I was busy with. The chair and the purse were a little behind me as I greedily browsed through the knitting books. When it was time to pay, my wallet was not in my purse!
I think it was stolen...or (I hope, I hope) I could have left it at the daycare yesterday evening when I picked up my friend's daughter and had to show some ID. I am dejected but I have called the lost-credit card phone number and reported the loss of those cards I think were in my wallet. (I still have my recent TransUnion credit report so I was able to match the list of credit cards with what I physically have, and I reported those I don't have as lost.)
Questions:
1. I think I have my social security card in my wallet. Can I have my SSN changed? I will go over to the SSN website right away.
2. How do I make it so that no one can apply for a credit card or loan under my name, address, and SSN? Is that when I have to pay that fee to the different credit reporting agencies for a credit freeze?
3. My Drivers License was also in my wallet. I suppose it will not be hard to get a replacement for that, you think?
Thanks for answers and other advice on what else to do.
I called the daycare but they are closed, so I left a message. I also called my friend with the young daughter, in case somehow the wallet is at their house.