Scary (and sad) a woman in England (possibly Australia) has stolen my Son's identity and is posting pictures of him online!
Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 3:10PM 
Update 26 March 2008: Thank you for stopping in to check out this post. The woman in these pictures, who stole pictures of our son and many others from what the police have told us, is clearly not well. Please do offer a prayer for her. But also please do be very careful of her (particularly if you encounter her in real life). Her real name is Sammie Banks. See her myspace profile here. You can also see her teenscene profile here.
I would suggest that you keep your children as far as possible from her, and immediately alert your local police if you see her! She lives in the United Kingdom. We have naturally alerted the UK police (Cybercrimes and identity theft) who have an ongoing investigation into the matter, as well as interpol who have also opened an investigation. Naturally I cannot comment on the content of these investigations. It is, however, just a matter of time before she is apprehended. The link to the baby announcement below is no longer operative. The kind administrator removed all photos of Liam. However, if you wish to find more details on this woman (Samie Banks) you can follow link removed upon the request of the form since there is an investigation pending. Thanks!.
To see a collection of photos that she has 'stolen' from us and other parents you can follow this link (the password to log in is bailey).
The woman in question has tried to make contact with us using various aliases and different email addresses. In each case we simply forward all correspondence to the relevant authorities who assure us that she is being closely monitored.
Original post of December 2007 below:
This is truly bizarre! An unwell woman is using pictures of my son (and the details of my son and daughter) on various parenting websites! See the picture of her on the right, and compare that to two of the original pictures I posted back in November 2006 when I announced Liam's birth
This morning I received an email from the moderator of a website in Australia - the website has a forum for mothers to discuss birthing and parenting issues, and support one another. The moderator informed me that a woman from (who I believe is from England) had signed up to the forums announcing that she had given birth to a premature baby at 29 weeks...
She had posted numerous photos, various descriptions of her experience in giving birth to a premature son named 'Kabe', and had received a great deal of support and encouragement from members of the forum. However, the moderator of the forum noticed a few strange things in the posts and photographs and so decided to check it out...
When she investigated she discovered that this woman (see the picture above) was claiming to have had mine and Megan's children (Liam and Courtney), and one other child! She photoshopped her face over Megan's picture in the birth announcement!
Then, you'll see in the picture below (click on it to enlarge it) that she simply lifted, and reposted, two pictures of Liam, renaming him 'Kabe' (you can see our original pictures of Liam here and here).
I am not posting the link to the forums on which she posted the information about Liam etc. - she has been banned from there and various other forums. However, if you want to see the site that she set up with the birth announcement you can click here DON'T type in your email address (just to be safe)! Simply use the password kabe to gain access.
What does one do? I am at a bit of a loss... It is scary to think that someone has targeted one's children in this manner! Is there anyone out there who has any idea how we can trace who this is and put a stop to it? Off site email will be the best means to contact me (see the link on the right of this page).
Thanks for any help or advice!
Technorati tags: identity theft, scary, disturbed, mentally ill
Reader Comments (11)
I don't normally delete comments from the blog (as a rule).
However, I have had a number of comments from the same IP address (claiming to be from different persons). Fortunately we now have a further piece in the puzzle. It would seem that this person is the one who reposted the pictures of Liam and the information of Liam and Courtney.
So, I have deleted all of the comments in this thread (including those posted by friends) and saved copies off site. It is just safer that way.
Thanks.
i am just trying to help who ever deleted this
Hi, I am a designer on a siggy site and I have a member using ur pics! Can you email me ASAP
salena@ctc.net
web addy
http://vipsignatures.proboards84.com
ick! could u delet my comment once u have read it, ty so much!
Hi i have found found out about this and it seems as if she is on my forum to and posting pictures do you want her email or anything?
Thank you for your comment. This matter is still under police investigation.
Please could you send me a link to the postings she has made on your forum, and your details as the administrator (you will find my email address in the email link on the right of this page).
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Dion
I think im being thick but i cant find the link to your email. is there anyway you can add it on here somewhere i need to email you urgently.
Please send the email to digitaldion@gmail.com
Please be warned that all correspondence forms part of the ongoing investigation.
Regards,
Dion
Hi - ive visit various UK parenting forums and I'm also a moderator on one too. We have banned the above mentioned person from our site after many things not adding up. also the badly photo shopped pictures and various other reasons - we have done a lot of research into this person before we banned and and i cant believe she uses simialr names, and pics every time! she really does need help! she also has put her name down on a modelling site! the cheek of some people! Just to to say u have my full support and im really sorry that ur pictures have been stolen and used as they were :( xxx
this person has set up her own chat forum - heres the address hope its of some help
http://www.thesocialmeet.com/
This is why you should never ever post pictures of your children on the internet. By doing so you're giving other people the freedom to use them as they see fit. There is so policing over pictures and it's unacceptable to have pictures on the internet which the children are too young to give permission. When your child grows up and uses the internet himself, do you think he wants to type in his name or look for his picture and find all this crap about a woman stealing his picture? this would never have happeend if you hadnt of put hte pictures on there in the first plcae. word of warning, never post anything private on the internet!