Is your credit card info on a website?

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - It’s a growing problem — people’s information being stolen.

One man, a WISH-TV employee, had it happen to him. A random search using his telephone number turned up his personal and banking information, and he wasn't the only victim.

Aime Selamo said he has two jobs and works hard to protect his personal identity. So he was stunned when his wife called him Wednesday morning after looking at a website.

"On that website, she just looked down and names were listed, pin numbers were listed. Ours was listed right there," Selamo said.

Selamo said the website is known as V-Carders. It's a site where hackers trade and buy people's personal information, including home addresses, credit card numbers and bank account numbers.

"I was just dumbfounded. You see it, you, read about it, you hear it, you think, this will never happen to me," he said.

The Selamos weren't the only people listed on the website. There were dozens of other victims from around the country.

"We have a major identity theft problem and the police are very involved," said one of the victims, who’s from Iowa City, Iowa.

That victim said by phone that police are working with her family on an identity theft case. She didn't know about the website. She then wanted to know if the website listed her husband's social security number. She asked 24-Hour News 8 Reporter Daniel Miller to recite the last four digits of her husband’s social security number, and he did.

“Are you kidding me?” she said.

After finding out the website, she then alerted police. Fortunately, her family has already taken action.

"This is all of the information they needed to do with the bank. Of course we have life lock, we're paying people. We have so much security on all of our accounts. They call us all the time," she said.

The FBI has advice for the family and anyone who spots sensitive information on the Internet. They have a website to report this kind of I.D. theft, which you can find by following this link . Also check out the state Attorney General's website.

We also spoke with a software engineer who says the website with information is certainly not the only site with this kind of information. He says the person who put it together is bragging. The site’s administrator is basically saying, "See what kind of information I can get and sell."

One way to stay vigilant is to regular search for your name and information through search engines like Google.