ID Theft 101 - Co-Ed Con Artist

[coronax2]

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A cunning co-ed con artist was able to dupe some of the nation’s top universities - including Harvard and Columbia - into granting her admission by stealing other people’s identities, including that of a woman who has been missing for more than seven years, investigators have discovered. </p>

<p>Reed’s scam first came to police attention last June, when she tried to get a summer job as a housekeeper in Manhattan and identified herself as Henson. She used the missing girl’s birthday and Social Security number. </p>

<p>When her prospective employer did a search on Henson’s name, the first thing she found was a missing-persons Web site created by Henson’s family.

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[SpringfieldMom]

<p>Makes you wonder why she thought she couldn’t get into college using her own name…</p>

[coronax2]

<p>I agree SpringfieldMom. The follow-up to this story should prove to be very interesting…if they find her.</p>

[ophiolite]

<p>The article says that she herself was reported missing around the same time as the most recent identity she had stolen. Looks like shes a great spy, if she gets caught I wouldn’t be surprised if shes offered a job as a plea deal (not that she deserves it)…</p>

<p>I feel bad for her father though, first his wife dies, then his daughter runs away and starts stealing multiple identities…</p>