Re: Possible Identity Theft - Please Advise!

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zoe Miller) wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> My Mother made a copy in a liquor store of a document she needed for
> the unemployment office.  She made the mistake of leaving the original
> in the copier when she left, and the paper has her social security
> number, name, address and everything on it.  She went back to the
> store later and there was no sign of it.  I'm really afraid that
> someone took it and will now use the info to open accounts and ruin
> her credit.  Is there anything she can do BEFORE anything happens,
> like alert the credit agencies, her creditors, or something?

Your mother might want to call the police (not 911) to discuss her 
predicament, but chances are, this is a case of closing the barn door 
after the horses ran away.