FROZEN FIEFDOM 

IDENTITY THEFT, MISINFORMATION, AND THE GETTING THE INFAMOUS RUNAROUND

November 9, 2014, and  I've been in Phoenix a bit less than a month but there's been countless incidents to write about.   My internet connection is hit and mostly miss, so I'll write what I can, and organized this section better ASAP. 

So many odd things have occurred since I arrived in AZ, it's truly amazing.  It also appears that I may be the victim of Identity Theft.  One clue was that I received an email from my NC auto insurance that they had logged a call to cancel my auto insurance policy.  I didn't place any such call, and certainly not at the date and time they stated.  Long story short, for my current AZ policy with the same insurer as

A policy I had purchased with the local AAA was dated more than a week into the future of the day I was in the office, and the agent apparently didn't understand that I wanted coverage to be in effect so that I could have proof of insurance in hand when I went to the Motor Vehicles to register my car.  There were several details of the general information I received that didn't match what I had read on the Arizona Motor Vehicles website, and overall, it was an extremely disappointing appointment.  I cancelled that policy by phone with the insurer, before it was in effect, and was told via email that the full refund amount would be mailed to me by check.  I requested a direct credit to my Visa, and was told that wasn't possible.  The next day or so, the person who was working the cancellation emailed and said that billing would credit my account in a few days.  I'll give that another day or 2 to appear. 

The Hunt for Housing has merited its own chapter, and is still a work in progress.  So far, I've viewed three (3) guest houses, and the incident at the last one was the final straw, which blossomed into a chapter in itself of: "If the Ink Isn't Dry..."  I viewed a few apartments, one that had neat and tidy grounds and pool area, for $505 all utilities and WIFI and parking, but it wasn't quite as refurbished as I would have liked.  The next unit I viewed was attractive, but someone else had hold money on it; so it wasn't available that day.  The price on the sign was $575 and the person who showed me the unit said it was $650, utilities and WIFI included, parking extra.  He did phone me a few days later, and said it was available, if I wanted to fill out the application.  I'd already filled out an application with another complex, and it's four days since I paid the $40 application fee for the credit and background check.   The person who completed my transaction did say that he should have the necessary information by Friday afternoon, November 7, and that the unit should be ready early the following week.  Keeping the vibe positive, and I expect to hear from him tomorrow. 

I've been so bogged down in paperwork, on the phone and internet with my insurance co., financial institutions, etc., that I had misread my printout from the Motel 6 where I'm currently residing, and staff had to knock on my door to come down to the lobby to pay for another night.  Talk about embarrassing!!  That's an unusual oversight on my part, but I am also human.  The staff are outstanding, curteous, friendly, and very professional.  The Housekeeping staff are exceptional.  Thanks for keeping it a pleasant stay, and "leaving the light on."

November 6, 2014.    Motel living is getting expensive, but it has been a priceless educational experience in the study of human behavior. I decided that a short term lease in an apartment complex might be a less expensive route, and went into a leasing office at a complex which advertised all utilities included, and had a move in special. I'd viewed the complex online, and had driven by it several times, the grass wasn't as lush and green as in the photos, but that's not a deal breaker. 

I entered the leasing office and a woman was on the phone behind the office window.  A man soon entered, introduced himself, and explained the units that would soon be available and the prices,
etc.  He showed me the one bedroom model unit, and when I asked to see the studio, he explained that the policy was not to show a unit until it had been cleaned.  That's understandable, and we returned to the office.

He had explained how the complex was working with the Phoenix Police Department to keep the property a safer place by adhereing to some guidelines, and that a security person walked the property from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am several nights per week.  It was also stated that he received an email from the police whenever they responded to a call on the property.  A few other folks were in an out of the office as he and I chatted, as he gave me the application to review, and a copy of the brochure with the pricing information. There was a $40 application fee (money order required) with the authorization to have the office run a credit check and a criminal background check.  I explained that I had put a security freeze on
my credit report, due to some recent odd happenings, and had a very recent printed copy that I would provide their
office.  He agreed that would be acceptable, and after a few more minutes, I left to do a few errands and purchase a money order at the USPO. 

About an hour later, I returned to the leasing office, and the man I had spoken with was engaged in a conversation with another man.  For some odd reason, the man I had recently spoken with approximatley an hour before didn't seem to recognize me; so I explained I was there to give him the $40 money order and the forms he'd given me. The other party left, and the same woman who was present previously was also in and out of the office, assisting others. 

Long story, shortened:  I filled out the money order and the multi page rental application, and gave the man my full credit report to photocopy, along with my most recent retirement check stub.  He agreed that a copy of my brokerage account would be acceptable proof of income, as my stub amount didn't meet their income requirements.  $40 for a criminal background check seemed a bit pricey, but I wanted to see what it would buy, as he said they used an online service.  I didn't like the sounds of that, as I don't like my SSN floating around in cyberspace, but this is the age of modern
technology, as he stated he should have the results by Friday afternoon. 

Friday afternoon, zero contact.  Saturday and Sunday, no contact, but I presumed the leasing office was closed, according to the hours posted. Monday morning, November 10, zero contact.  I arrived on Monday afternoon after 1:00 pm to see what the status was of my application.

As expected, there was CONfusion between the same two office staff who had been present during my previous visits, and
the woman said they were unable to retrieve my credit information.  I explained my credit score and report was already in
their file, when the same man walked in and said yes, but they couldn't do a criminal background check on me because my
credit file is locked down, and I would need to open it for them.  He also stated they were waiting on me to provide my
brokerage account information for their files. 

I knew that what I was hearing was what my Mom called "Getting the Runaround," and when I had asked when would the unit be ready for occupancy, he said, "Maybe Wednesday." 

Into the Future, once again!    There certainly seem to be many housing units which are advertised as "available now,"  or "now leasing," etc.,  here in Phoenix, but aren't.   The studio unit I wanted to view was supposedly placed on the cleaning schedule by the female office staffer for Friday, November 7, 2014.   Even if the previous occupants had trashed the unit, it shouldn't take days to throughly clean, and repair any damage to a studio apartment. The staff had said they have a professional housekeeping staff to clean after a move out.  By the looks of the model unit, I'm almost certain that repainting and recarpenting weren't part of the plan for the studio.

I didn't like what I was hearing, and I know that criminal background checks are separate from credit checks; one is not needed to run the other, and their office already had plenty of personal information on me, my credit information, and my $40 money order.  I explained that I wanted to withdraw my application, and wanted all the papers they had. 

The man didn't appear to like my request, and I explained that my identity may have been compromised recently, which he and I had
discussed on my previous visit, and that I'm currently not prepared to sign a lease.  He said they would keep my paperwork and the $40.  I explained that I was not their tenant, there was no unit available to occupy, and the $40 had apparently been used to only generate information from a reporting bureau, when they already had the pertinent information on file, as provided by me.

Again I asked what the $40 fee was for, and he said something about time and paperwork.  I agreed they could keep the $40 and saw it was still attached to some papers. 

He put the application thru the copier, and handed me a pile of papers.  I stated a thank you, and he said "Good Luck."


Another day, and more material for Frozen Fiefdom!

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 e: The plot thickens, and it isn't good.



  Re: The plot thickens, and it isn't good.

i keep saying you might want to get out of the country ill travel with you if you want too....

some people are really good at this stuff...

Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 19:46:25 -0800
From: paularoseimages@yahoo.com
Subject: The plot thickens, and it isn't good.
To: JR



  Re: I'm sure it will be another day packed with jams.

i understand about the money grab...

i might keep that dollar just to remember you by..... : )

Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 16:13:53 -0800
From: paularoseimages@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: I'm sure it will be another day packed with jams.
To:  JR

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yes the italians and miss m. g. but most of all my former ........ has a bit too much at stake no crazy train here or there bugs im sure of but not concerned about, one should never be too or so happy i may be a poor ass but it wont be an easy set up... what i lack in social skills i can make up for. im the kinda guy you can strand on an island with a pocket knife and a Q-TIP!!! and when you return you will discover ive built a shopping mall. TRUCE is always good as im not a war monger, and i certainly dont like anyone forcing my hand... a take over or a set up is just that... ive never been to pheonix and i dont plan on going any time soon. are you an athiest? im a believer more now than ever before, its puzzling though how i came to be. there is plenty to like in both of us one just needs to see beyond the surface. i only have today, ... my enemys if any know where to find me... Auston Texas does have some appeall to me. why are so many people angry
that i found a job??? im more than skeptical they did and probably still do love me... wst 13 5 yr d.diamond.t. odd paintings along my routes when you have nothing you still have everything, life and hope. HOPE CAN CHANGE ANYTHING!!! --------------------------------------------
On Tue, 10/7/14, Paula Rose <paularoseimages@yahoo.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: Let's just say I'm a bit Skep-Tickle
To: "cecil mad>
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 5:44 PM

I
don't do well going up a 6 ft. ladder.  Diving boards
and heights are not my best bets but I've seen
what's below and I'm still here.
My enemies
have enemies, and all seem to be very interested in me for
various and sundry reasons and skills I've had since I
was very young.  Therefore, it appears that if one
'yeahoo' (that's a word my Grammy used instead
of something a bit more modern,)  takes me down with
illness or injury, accidental death or a  fake suicide,
false or set up imprisonment, some mental health BS
breakdown, etc., the rest of that herd is gunna make a Jew
pray for Christmas and redemption from Jesus, or turn an
Atheist into a Believer, or a whatever into someone who is
done unto me.
There is
no honor among thieves, and all will take in trade what was
taken from them.
I could
repeat what I've seen so far today, in part, but I
won't bother.  I'm a Mom, and I'm an expert of
every type of BM and what it means.

Those who
won't call it a draw could use the word truce.
I'm going to Phoenix,
and I will have what I need, and become the Woman I always
was meant to be.

   
    From: cecil mad<>
  To: Paula Rose
<paularoseimages@yahoo.com>
  Sent: Tuesday, October
7, 2014 10:03 AM
  Subject: Re: Let's
just say I'm a bit Skep-Tickle
 
 

and i know your not a myth nor
am i... but the high dive you suggested is not an option.
324 feet from the bottom of the arch, i measured it, i dont
like the numbers or the odds.
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On Tue, 10/7/14, Paula Rose <paularoseimages@yahoo.com>
wrote:



  Subject: Re:
Let's just say I'm a bit Skep-Tickle
  To: "cecil mad>
  Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 5:37 AM
 
  Let's talk about
  that of elephants.  3 letter here, 3 letters
there, 4
  letters there, 4 letters
somewhere, 5 letters here, 5
  letters there,
6 letters there, and 6 letters globally. 

Probably a few more I don't know about; it's too
bad
  that whatever lettered group that began
this entire fiasco
  simply can't call it
a draw, and everyone takes their
  weapons
and goes home.  
  I
  chose
Phoenix because this old bird isn't any myth, and
  I will rise from the ashes of this firestorm
upon my life. 
 
 
 
 
       

  From: cecil  mad  <>
  To: Paula Rose
  <paularoseimages@yahoo.com>

  Sent: Friday, October

3, 2014 10:17 AM
  Subject: Re:
Let's
  just say I'm a bit
Skep-Tickle
 
 
 
  i dont watch tv havent for
2
  years still not making sense, he said he
just couldnt get
  ahold of his demons,???
not at all what i expected to hear,
  even i
was shocked at that statement and not much suprises
  me... i may very well be on display but ive
not yet said any
  of what i chose not to
say, ill never have all the answeres
  as it
were i have more ?????? one never really does know ???
  im disappointed, and very skeptical, i know
theres an
  elephant or two around here i
just havent figured it all out
  yet, i may
get trampled on 4 i do... ill be moving soon...
 
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  On Fri, 10/3/14, Paula Rose <paularoseimages@yahoo.com>
  wrote:
 
 
 
  Subject: Re:
  Let's just say I'm a bit
Skep-Tickle
  To: "cecil mad>
  Date: Friday, October 3, 2014, 6:43 AM
 
  It's OK.  You
  were most likely sitting in the Yak
Shack 
  drinking a beer
 
and watching TV, while I
  invited him to my
table, and should
  have

known better that he'd ruin my appetite and my
  night; indirectly or by design.
 
  Unfortunately,
  I was still sober enough to

be scared, but not enough to
  drive.
  And
  then I had to pay for
2
  rooms, and a roach crossed over my
  bed in
  another hotel room,
as I wanted to slide back into it
  with a
cup of AM coffee.
 

Another
  $100 down the drain, and I did
ask
  quietly at the front

  desk if they had
  pest control, and the
receptionist stated
 
  they
did.  I explained the event, and that the room
  needed
  to be serviced.  I
paid my bill and
  won't stay there
  again. 
 
 
 
     
   
  From: cecil mad>
 
  To: Paula Rose
  <paularoseimages@yahoo.com>
 
    Sent: Friday, October
 
  3, 2014 9:27 AM
    Subject: Re: Let's
 
just say I'm a bit Skep-Tickle
   
   
 
 
what guy?--------------------------------------------
  On Thu, 10/2/14, Paula Rose <paularoseimages@yahoo.com>
  wrote:
 
 
 
   
Subject: Re:
  Let's just say I'm a
bit
  Skep-Tickle
   
  To: "cecil mad>
    Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014, 6:55 AM
   
    SIGH...
 
 
  Math
    Majors, please
  explain how
2 + 2 = 4,
  no matter what
  one
    wants to argue.
   
  I've

  never met anyone
  with your name, even
tho I mentioned it in
 
 
2007. 
   
 
    You
    aren't the
  guy from that IHOP. 
   
    You
    might
  not be a friend of mine, but that guy was
one
  of the
    nastiest and
most evil people
  I've ever
  seen. 
 

 
   
   
 
        
 
  From: cecil  mad>
   
    To: Paula Rose
    <paularoseimages@yahoo.com>
 
   
   
  Sent: Thursday, October
  2, 2014 9:37 AM
   
 

Subject: Re: Let's
    just say
I'm
  a
  bit
Skep-Tickle
   
   
    nothing you say adds up

and what meeting
  you

 
  said we never met? and what is
  alexandria
  ihop? all i
can
    say for now is
 
from now on...
 
 

--------------------------------------------
    On Thu, 10/2/14, Paula Rose <paularoseimages@yahoo.com>
    wrote:
   
   
   
 
 
  Subject:
 
  Let's just
  say I'm
a bit Skep-Tickle
    To:

"Cecil Mad>
    Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014, 5:06
AM
   
    and
they'd be
  dropping

  like flies
    in a
 
cloud of Raid over
  in
   
Africa, if it were as
 

widespread
    as the

 
  media
  has said. 
Folks in the most
  affected
   
  areas

don't have footwear, must less $
 
  for
    airfare.  So much
of
  the
  story(ies)
    about
  those
   
  supposedly
  infected who are
    here
simply
  doesn't add up.
   
   
 
You seem to be at a loss
  for words for
   
  replying
  to my numerous
     
 
  questions; pull an Elf
outta the break room
  and let them
    answer.   My ElfSpeak

vocab needs a bit
    of
 
 
  brushing up.
   
   
   
    EBOLA
 

  SCARE IN
  HAWAII...
  

 _________________________________

incense is that a gateway drug?

 

Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 12:30:58 -0800
From: paularoseimages@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: I don't think it will take another year
To:  JR

Well, go talk to Anna and Gail. They can probably conjure up something; maybe even Love Potion Number 9; it is Saturday night somewhere, and the lovelorn are always looking for that Soul Mate. 

yea the gov don't play fair
it will catch up to them...
business people know that you have to treat your associates, customers, and supplier's with fairness and make it good for all...
gurberment will catch a spell that will strike down this once great nation...
 

Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 11:43:50 -0800
From: paularoseimages@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: I don't think it will take another year
To: JR

No MIB's lurking around, no James Bond (the original) hunks walking by our table, no Matt Helm asking me to dance...What a disappointment!

I have had similar experiences and most of it wont be true its just me thinking and trying to come up with plausible ideas about what might happen...
the they make you or me or someone else feel this way or that way then lie to them about anything we will believe...
the goal IMO is to rid America of thinkers, free thinking people whom cared...

 

Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 09:55:33 -0800
From: paularoseimages@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: I don't think it will take another year
To: JR

a reason for marshal law? will obama be out by the time the real disaster hits? will ebola hit here before then? inquiring minds want to know...

Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 21:21:05 -0800
From: paularoseimages@yahoo.com
Subject: I don't think it will take another year
To: JR