Okay so ive been stressing like theres no tomorrow, and i feel like an absolute idiot for this......

For the past week i have had a cleaning spree happening, and ive been giving away unwanted junk to our local vinnies store

Stupid me wanted to surprise DP by cleaning out our bedroom cupboards, not thinking i gave several boxes of unwanted stuff to vinnies (which, have been under our bed for almost a year).
The vinnies store wasnt open, so i left the boxes outside near a donation bin.

when DP got home, we realised i had thrown out his entire paperwork file, including his bank details, tax file number, birth certificate, medicare slips etc.
I felt terrible, becuse it just looked like junk, and i didnt for one second think it would be all his paper work.
I raced back to the vinnie bin i had left it at, but some scab/bum had totally gone through everything, and taken it.

We had a call that night from a man who claimed he has all my partners details and identification.
It seemed like a threat more than anything, and the man called from a private number, so we were unable to call him back or trace the number.

DP was very upset and stressed, and was saying to me, 'why didnt you double check everything before you left it at the donation bin'...
I was so upset, and being hormonal didnt help. I cried continuously for like 2 hours....
Dp realise how upset i was getting, and was so supportive, he kept hugging me saying it was okay, and told me not to get upset...But i just couldnt stop crying, i felt so silly for not double checking each box.

We are so worried about identification fruad, and the fact that this man could easily walk in to any bank and open a new account in my partners name.
I have been running around frantically to all the local banks and police to report that someone has his details, and hopefully they will be able to stop the man, if he does try to take out a credit card etc.

Im stressing a little less now that ive called most of our local banks, but its just made me feel so stupid....all i was trying to do was make DP happy, by doing housework and cleaning, and i ended up making a massive incident, that is ten times as worse