I got a call today from my bank about "unusual activity" on my debit card. Apparently someone counterfeited the card and bought about $1000 worth of stuff today from a department store in a mall a couple hundred miles from here. It showed up in my list of charges on my online account page. I had my bank cancel the card. Tomorrow I'll go up to the bank and try to get the transactions removed from my account and get a new card.
I contacted the store where it happened and they have video and computer records of the transaction. Tomorrow I'll call the financial crime division of the police department there and hopefully they'll catch the prick who did it. If not -- oh well. I guess credit cards are a real godsend for the more cowardly type of thieves. It's probably best both for me and the person who did this that I don't know who they are.
May-30-2008 02:00
dimadelux
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2008
Location: MakeMe
but did you get stabbed in the ass while getting robbed?
srsly though that really sucks. My dad just found out that he had 100$ withdrawn from an account that had no money and which was never used before. Hopefully they can catch the fucktards that did this
May-30-2008 02:02
woscar
Starstuff
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
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Originally posted by dimadelux
but did you get stabbed in the ass while getting robbed?
Shit man, that's terrible. At least you were able to resolve it quickly. If anything maybe the guy still has that all stuff he bought and you can just take it
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May-30-2008 02:14
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Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Milton, ON Canada
theives are so lazy nowadays....what ever happened to the old fashion gun to the chest or waving a knife around.
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May-30-2008 02:18
Sushipunk
Flickering, I roam
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Chateau Verdafloor
Forgive my ignorance, but how do you counterfeit a debit card?
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May-30-2008 02:19
CONNERMAN2000
Slick & Suave
Registered: May 2004
Location: Drifting Towards the Music
This is why relying on electronics to do to my finances makes me nervous as all hell.
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May-30-2008 02:20
MrJiveBoJingles
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: U.S.
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Originally posted by Sushipunk
Forgive my ignorance, but how do you counterfeit a debit card?
That's scary. There's also a way people were doing it about a month ago with gas stations. They basically put a phony plate over the real one and grabbed your card information, pin number and all.
Ah ok, thanks. I vaguely remember reading about that somewhere, where thieves attach the device to an ATM or something.
Unlucky mate, hope you can get it cleared up without too much hassle.
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May-30-2008 02:23
JD8180
I choose noise.
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Miami, Florida USA
good luck with that, i hear the whole fraud thing can be quite a pain to get everything sorted out entirely. is your bank going to take off the charges? most banks have that zero fraud liability claim, and i am curious as to how true to that they are?
So, today I got robbed...
