What happens when your identity is stolen

<p><strong>Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s how to fight back when fraud is committed in your name. Hosted by Frances Cook.</strong></p> <p>It’s the sort of thing that makes for a good scary headline, but you might never think could happen to you.</p> <p>Having your identity stolen, so that people can commit fraud and dodgy financial dealings in your name, while you suffer the consequences.</p> <p>Well you might be surprised to learn just how easily it can happen, and just how hard it is to stop.</p> <p>One New Zealander has discovered exactly that, but as he’s battled the issue, found techniques that stopped the debt collectors in their tracks.</p> <p>For the latest podcast I spoke to Keith Ng.</p> <p>If you have a question about this podcast, or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it.</p> <p>I'm on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookNZ/">Facebook here</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/">Instagram her</a>e, and <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancesCook">Twitter here</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>