..according to this notice I received from the United Service Bureau, a collections agency in Florida. Someone apparently used my name and address to register a porn site (child porn) a few months ago. The hosting company shut down the site after a few weeks, but the bill was never paid. So now they've got this collections agency on my ass, demanding that I pay the outstanding balance! I called the host company earlier today and explained the situation, and they said they'd call off the debt collector and investigate the matter. The person who registered the site used my name and address, but a fake phone number, company name, and e-mail address. What I don't understand is how the host company authorized this loser's credit card number in the first place, since it was obviously fake (supposedly under my name as well). Well they said they'd take care of everything so hopefully this won't affect me or my credit rating (they said it shouldn't, since my real cc info wasn't used). We've been discussing Internet privacy concerns in my law class the past few weeks so this really weirded me out.
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