ID Theft -- Courtesy of the FAA

"El Maximo" wrote in message
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"quietguy" wrote in message
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On Jul 4, 10:27 am, Ron Natalie wrote:
Given the number of network scavengers around
this group, I suspect we could track the culprit down in short order
given your N number.

Yes, but posting my N-number more widely is one thing I'm trying to
avoid. I gave it privately to Al G after he privately sent me a
listing of all Pilatuses in the country. I've examined that list and
there's no good candidate for an honestly misremembered and transposed
number; the closest has one digit that's an 8 versus my 9 -- I can't
see anyone making that mistake, even with the briefest of glances.

Maybe not with a glance, but with a quick scribble. He wrote an 8 that
looked like a 9.

My money's on that one.

Help me, please! I'm failing to see how this all relates to the OP about a
CC gotten though identity theft via the FAA database?

On Jul 4, 12:43 pm, "Matt Barrow"
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"El Maximo" wrote in message

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"quietguy" wrote in message
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On Jul 4, 10:27 am, Ron Natalie wrote:
Given the number of network scavengers around
this group, I suspect we could track the culprit down in short order
given your N number.

Yes, but posting my N-number more widely is one thing I'm trying to
avoid. I gave it privately to Al G after he privately sent me a
listing of all Pilatuses in the country. I've examined that list and
there's no good candidate for an honestly misremembered and transposed
number; the closest has one digit that's an 8 versus my 9 -- I can't
see anyone making that mistake, even with the briefest of glances.

Maybe not with a glance, but with a quick scribble. He wrote an 8 that
looked like a 9.

My money's on that one.

Help me, please! I'm failing to see how this all relates to the OP about a
CC gotten though identity theft via the FAA database?

Matt -
OP (quietguy) has since discovered and posted that there was no CC
involved, just an N-number written down by a FBO clerk.
It looks doubtful that there was any identity theft via the FAA
database, but OP has raised some valid points about the availability
of info via the databases that everyone should be aware of.

I've just spoken with the FBO manager. ATC records identified the
Pilatus; its tail-number is not my reserved number. The number I
spotted on AL G's list as the only possible miscopied number is the
one; apparently the flustered lineman tried to write the number he
remembered while glancing at a parked airplane and the two numbers
merged in his mind. Result: my number. The FBO will handle the
matter without my further involvement. A strange incident; not as bad
as I had feared, but it's prompted me to take stronger steps to
protect my personal data. That's going to be a project of mine for
some time to come.