Everyday Oral Surgery Drs. Stucki and Weiskopf: How To Avoid Identity Theft and Other Types of Theft (We Discuss A Crazy Story That You’ve Got To Hear!)
Some of us may have the sense that our accounts are secure but the truth is that criminals can do some serious damage if they find a way in. Today on the show Dr. Stucki sits down with Dr. Weiskopf to tell a story about a recent experience he had where he fell victim to a drastic case of identity theft. Dr. Stucki’s nightmare incident began with him getting his unattended bag stolen out of the parking lot of his practice, and the next thing he knew he was having huge sums of money stolen from him left, right, and center. He describes a series of incredibly frustrating experiences with cops and banks during incidents where the criminal could have been caught but got away. The story highlights the way the law system in his state makes it difficult to take action on guilty parties, the way COVID is affecting crime, and of course, the necessity of taking every measure we can to protect ourselves from this kind of experience. After hearing Dr. Stucki’s story, we explore some of the actions that can be taken to ramp up our personal security — ways to be more careful with passwords, monitor our credit accounts, and more. Toward the end of the show Drs. Stucki and Weiskopf share a few more stories about theft — of money via different scam types and even drugs out of doctors' rooms! Tune in to hear about some very real threats and how to reduce your chances of falling prey to them.
Key Points From This Episode:
- A crazy story where Dr. Stucki fell victim to an identity theft crime.
- Enormous amounts of money withdrawn by the thief from Dr. Stucki’s account.
- An incident where Dr. Stucki almost caught the criminal himself at the bank.
- A car chase incident where Dr. Stucki’s friend followed the thief.
- Multiple cars the thief bought on Dr. Stucki’s card.
- A series of frustrating incidents where the criminal was almost caught but got away.
- How the thief was finally caught on charges unrelated to Dr. Stucki’s case.
- A recommendation for listeners to have a credit monitoring membership.
- How to freeze your credit and use apps that protect your privacy in different ways.
- Limiting the number of valuable items you store in one place.
- What ended up happening to Dr. Stucki’s money that was stolen.
- All the admin tasks Dr. Stucki has had to do to recover from this incident.
- How easy it is to commit crimes of this sort due to COVID in democratic states.
- A story from Dr. Weiskopf in which his wife was a victim of identity theft.
- Another story about wire fraud and the prevalence of this type of crime.
- The theft of drugs out of the cars of surgeons and how to avoid this.
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