This weekend my wife and I went to Williamsburg to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. It was the first time in seven years that we had gone away without the kiddos tagging along. Boy, was it a welcome and refreshing break from reality.
God really blessed our trip, too! I arrived at the hotel to find that I had been selected as "Guest of the Day" which entitled us to an upgrade to a suite and free breakfasts during our stay. Hallelujah!
On Sunday evening, I received an email from one of my Facebook friends with the details of someone impersonating me and requesting money be wired to London. The story was that "I" had been mugged at gunpoint and was stranded without any money or credit cards. "I" needed $500 wired to me for a plane ticket home. Given that my facebook account clearly shows that I was in town on Saturday and was at church on Sunday morning, I'm not sure how this person thought he was fooling too many people. I know of only one person who was tricked into sending the money.
After that experience, I must say that I feel dirty. I feel like I was robbed of my identity for those few short hours while this thief was impersonating me. Now I know what it feels like to experience personal identity theft. Personal Identity Theft is certainly a newer form of an age-old crime: thievery. Old snakes doing the same thing just in new ways and in new environments.
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