Like Mainelonghorn, a few weeks ago my Gmail address was inundated with sign ups for newsletters, all in foreign places. I did the usual, fraud alert, credit freeze, password changing, etc. I also had an instance of one of my online shopping passwords being breached and someone ordered a laptop, luckily they used the wrong billing address for the card on file & it was cancelled. I went through all the shopping sites I could find and deleted the associated CCs.
Today I received a book from B&N, ostensibly ordered by me & paid for by me. The CC on the order did not match any I own. I escalated to the fraud department there, but all they could tell me was the new CC in my name was a Canadian card.
I’ll be filing a police report tomorrow, theoretically I can have the police request any info, including the email on the account.
On the credit bureau freezing, I had to mail in the docs on one of the sites, so maybe that took a while, but darn it, I guess someone is out there pretending to be me 
Any suggestions?
I already have free credit monitoring set up from one of the many big company breaches and have received no notice of a new card in my name and SSN, nor does any new account show on the credit record.
Ugh, so we’re in the same boat. We’ve had to replace two credit cards this month due to fraud. In each case, the item cost about $500 and would have been delivered to our house! I could see that happening if they ordered something small as a test, but purchases of that amount stand out!
It was very scary when they got hold of my email account and changed my password! I couldn’t access my email account on my phone to deal with it for some reason, so I had to run home and take care of it on my desktop computer. Someone also got on my Instagram account and changed my password and also the profile photo (I wish I looked like the skimpily clad woman, ha).
In my case, I think the criminals are all overseas, so it will be hard for the police to do anything.
It’s been pointed out to me that your email account is really your most vulnerable online point, because anything else can be changed from there (since verifying emails are sent there, for instance). I now have two-step verification for any new device that uses it, plus all devices I use are password protected. I don’t use my personal mail account on my work computer since it’s there overnight. (Locked office, but still.) I’m hoping that’s enough.
Since “your” new card is Canadian, would this be considered an international issue? If so…I believe that puts it in a different spot than your local police.
Anyone?
My D could not log into her email yesterday. The website told her that her password was invalid and to call the provider, which she has not done yet. Based on this thread I’ve urged her to get right on it.