GE Capital Retail Credit Card Complaint

GE Capital Retail Credit card department,

Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement Hawaii

Credit card company called me to inform of suspicious charges. When I called back, they could not verify my identify based on the information I gave. After further research, it was determined that someone had stolen my personal information. That person had called credit card company to report my card stolen and then opened a new account. They also changed the information on my account to include address and phone number. I was also told that they were able to change my mother 's maiden name on the account. How can someone be allowed to change that? It is a fixed value. The company did not raise any red flags that fraud was occurring and this should have been their first clue. I was assured that rigorous '' security questioning occurs before any changes are made to the account. I placed a passcode on the account to add increased security per the representative. However, when I called back later in the day with additional questions, I was not asked for the passcode to verify my account - only asked my DOB. This is unacceptable security.