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AS THE HOST OF CNN’S AC360, ANDERSON COOPER COVERS THE NEWS FROM EVERY ANGLE…BUT THE TVANCHOR DIDN’T ALWAYS APPLY THAT SAME SET OF VIGOROUS STANDARDS TO HIS PERSONAL LIFE, AND BECAME JUST ANOTHER VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT.

IN 2001 COOPER WAS HOSTING A REALITY SHOW CALLED THE MOLE AND TRAVELING A LOT, WHEN HIS LAPTOP WAS STOLEN FROM HIS LUGGAGE.

THE NEWS ANCHOR LOST ALMOST $5000 WORTH OF ITEMS AND THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END OF IT. BUT WHAT COOPER DIDN’T KNOW WAS THAT THE THIEVES HAD ALSO STOLEN AT LEAST 2 PERSONAL CHECKS WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO CREATE PHONY CHECKS AND SLOWLY DRAIN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM HIS BANK ACCOUNT.

TODD DAVIS, THE CEO OF LIFELOCK, THE INDUSTRY LEADER IN PROACTIVE IDENTITY THEFT SAYS THAT’S ONE OF THE WAYS IDENTITY THIEVES OPERATE AND IT CAN HAPPEN WHETHER YOU’RE A CELEBRITY OR NOT.

True identity theft is when someone poses as you///
For celebs it has to be hard, they think everyone knows it’s me,but the reality is, there are ways of doing it (not card present)

AFTER ABOUT 9 MONTHS, COOPER REALIZED THERE WERE CHECKS BEING DRAWN FROM AN ACCOUNT HE HARDLY EVER USED, BUT BY THE TIME THE HE CALLED HIS BANK HE FOUND OUT THERE WERE NUMEROUS FRAUDULENT WIRE TRANSFERS AND ABOUT 26 PHONY CHECKS HAD BEEN PASSED--- TO THE TUNE OF $25,000!

TODD DAVIS SAYS EVERYONE, INCLUDING CELEBS HAVE TO BE DILIGENT BUT THERE’S NO ONE BETTER TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR IDENTITY’S WELL BEING THAN LIFELOCK

We’re experts on stopping the problem, we cover losses up to 1 million.

COOPER WAS ONLY ABLE TO RECOUP ABOUT $3,000 SINCE HE DIdN’T REPORT THE LOSSES WITHIN3 MONTHS, BUT AT LEAST HE KEPT HIS SENSE OF HUMOR. HE SAID, “I wouldn’t call myself a victim, I’m more like a sucker.”

THE ANCHOR LEARNED HIS LESSON. HE NOW SHREDS ALL HIS PERSONAL DOCUMENTS AND REVIEWS HIS MONTHLY STATEMENTS. (JUST ONE MORE THING LIFELOCK RECOMMENDS) FOR CELEBTV.COM, I’M KELLI ZINK.