She's only 18 years old, doesn't have a checking account or a credit card, but already her identity has been stolen and now she's worried about what it means for her credit history.

"It's kinda of a small town area and you don't think something like this is gonna happen," said high school senior Samantha Smith.

Smith and her family moved to Eatonville three months ago to get away from it all. But it found her.

At 18, Sam may be one of the youngest identity theft victims. "They kinda took over my life," says Sam.

The trouble started at Sam's mailbox. An identity thief stole her driver's license -- with photo ID -- right out of the box.

Sam didn't know it until she got an invoice from a local store that says her check bounced and she's being charged for insufficient funds.

"I don't even have a checking account and they're writing out checks in my name," she said.

One of the bogus checks was written at a feed supply store. Sarah Sterner remembers the woman pretending to be Sam.

"There just was something wrong about her, originally I thought they were shoplifters," says Sterner.

But at the time, Sarah couldn't prove it. She says the identity thief and Sam look alike.

"They have my ID, there's not much I can do to prove it's not me," she said.

That's why Sam's family is making warning fliers. They plan to plaster them all over Eatonville in hopes of warning other merchants not to get scammed.

Sam's only hope is to catch the identity thief in the act. "I'm worried about them messing up my credit...cause I gotta start college and I'm gonna need credit for a car and loans...I'm worried about having to deal with this for years," says Sam.

Sam's parents are now getting a P.O. Box and a lock on their mailbox.

And a word of warning to other teens: We found a second 18-year-old in Eatonville who says his identity was also stolen. A credit card was snatched from his mailbox. He's been trying to find the culprit since September.