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    Default Victim of Identity Theft Sued Over a Disputed Charge

    If somebody is the victim of identity theft, and the credit card company declines to honor a charge after a report of the misuse of the credit card company, can the business that made the charge sue the identity theft victim? Somebody made a very large purchase with a stolen credit card and now the victim, who is in California, is being sued for thousands of dollars by the business even though they weren't the customer and never received the goods.

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    Default Re: Being sued for a debt that does not belong to me

    If the business shipped the goods and doesn't believe that the report of identity theft was honest, they may sue the credit card holder and try to recover the value of the sale.

    If you are sued, you need to make sure that you file a timely answer to the lawsuit, along with timely affirmative defenses, so that you don't default.

    You can provide documentation of the identity theft and associated police report to the plaintiff's lawyer to see if that is enough to convince them that you're not the proper person to sue. We can't promise that they'll believe you.

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