My friend's husband has a long history of forging her name to obtain credit cards in either her name alone, or for joint account cards. He never gives her the cards or their numbers, but racks up charges on them and then declares bankruptcy.
She has put a freeze with the credit bureau on his[her husbands] ability to do this again.
This week, she again got email receipts for $5,000 total on a Visa card she doesn't recognize. Only the last 4 digits and the Auth code are on the receipts.
Her updated credit report shows no visa with these 4 numbers under her name. These receipts were sent to her by the merchant who took the money. Turns out it's a lawyer's retainer fee.
Her husband is hiring an attorney to fight a divorce judgement she has against him. i.e., the judge has ruled in her favour.
She called this attorney. He told her the money was drawn from a joint account. But there's no way to know for sure.
- Is it possible her husband obtained a card from a bank overseas?
- Is that why she can't find it on the credit report?
- If he got the card recently, she has a freeze in effect and no bank can issue a card in her name without her approval. How is this guy still able to get a card in her name?
