Identity theft

Most of us have heard about identity theft. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the USA. Perhaps you have seen the commercials or received the calls from your credit card company. "Be careful."

Part of my business is ebay. I am a power seller on ebay and each week I sell items and send invoices. Sending invoices is my "busiest time of the week." And I receive letters on how to pay, etc. So when I received a letter that said
"Hello,

Payment has been sent today at 10:13 AM. I am looking forward to complete the transaction.
Thank you,
Derek

You can view the item clicking the link below. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem=5061458114


Thank you,
dkny02"

I didn't think anything of it. So I clicked on the link and it took me to the "ebay" site. Wrong. By the time I had typed in my password and user name, it was all over said and done. I had sent them two lines that could open up my life. I realized what I had done and raced in and changed passwords, user names, questions, etc.

It seems ok. Perhaps I am more paranoid about this because I had my identity stolen 2 years ago and a man masqueraded as me in California as Attorney Johndrow. I have not fully recovered from that debacle.

I am very careful. Every day I receive hundreds of letters that are "phishing" for information. This is my email stats and much is "phish" news.
38,282 messages this month
81,251 messages last month
33,252 average per month
1,857,775 messages total

I got aught the other night because I was tired, preoccupied and a little foolish.

I share this information with you for your good.

And the God part of all this is what can someone do when they "become you." They take on your identity, your life, your print on life. God has asked us to identify with Christ. To allow our selves "deadness' so that we may give Him the opportunity to release the power of God through us(Galatians 2:20). He would like us to have His identity

And the flip side of all of this is phishing. Learning about someone to "become" them. Christ has called us to be fishers of men. Paul said we are "to become all things to all men."

Perhaps we could do a little fishing today.

Humbly submitted
Lee