Possible victim of ID theft scam targeting Asian Texans: ‘I have to be on constant alert’

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Allen resident Ping Du says he was in Mexico in late December when his family vacation was ruined by an alert from his bank that his personal information on...

The Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday announced that a criminal organization in New York used data from the dark web to order thousands of driver licenses in Texans’ names. The operation targeted people who are of Asian descent, according to authorities.

“I have to be on constant alert,” Du said. “I literally have to get up at night just to make sure that I don’t have any alerts coming in. Then you have to worry about if they got into my other accounts.” Du, who is of Chinese descent, said he reached out to DPS and tried to find out if they could confirm whether he was affected by the scam and tried to provide them the New York address associated with one of the fraudulent attempts to use his identity. A representative from the agency referred him to his local law enforcement and the state’s iWatch tip line, Du said.

She said it’s also important for state officials to consider language access when communicating important information to constituents.

 

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Interstate and cyber crime? Why are you dmn emps not focusing on the biden administration and their failure on this? Oh, silly me. I forgot that guild requires eating of biden admin ice cream cones, daily: Don't blame Biden but blame everyone else.

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