Identity theft

[Ja Rhule]

Someone tried to use my credit card online but my bank blocked them.  They also created store account with my phone number and email so I got a welcome email.  I went into store account and change password really quick since asshole used my email.  He thought he deleted his shipping info but there was a magical button that returns you to last saved session and it had an address of local hotel but no unit number.  Clearly someone stole my info here in Charlotte and I used that card in only one store in last 6 months.  Macy’s.  So just heads up.

[Shocker]

Crazy…I was getting a haircut at Great Clips yesterday and a guy paid with a counterfeit 20 dollar bill.  He wasn't aware it was counterfeit but never seen that before.  They have some pens they mark all twenties with that will tell them if the bill is bad.

The scams people are pulling these days are freaking nuts.

Glad your bank caught that man!

Edited October 30, 2021 by Shocker

[LinvilleGorge]

And the cops won't do poo about it. That's why it's so prevalent. Low risk, high reward crime. Happened to my wife years ago when my truck was broken into in Topeka, KS. I tracked them down. Gave the cops the names, the address, everything. It was gift wrapped for them. They did nothing. Turns out they were having a huge issue with this at the time. Vehicle break ins leading to identity theft. The cops were convinced there was some Oceans 11 type poo going on that was just beyond them. It was just tweakers. Finally one of the tweakers got arrested on an unrelated drug charge and squealed in the ring. The cops were SOOOOO proud. Good hard police work broke the case. It was the exact same names I gave them. They were shopping all the goods bought with credit cards obtained through stolen identitities to their residence. It took me less than an hour to figure this out. They just refused to lift a single finger. I got a call to arrange shipping for my items they recovered. They described several of them. Didn't hear back. When I followed up, no items fitting my description were there and none were ever inventoried. Basically, the cops stole my poo.

Cliff notes: Cops are fuging useless.

 

[Ja Rhule]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

And the cops won't do poo about it. That's why it's so prevalent. Low risk, high reward crime. Happened to my wife years ago when my truck was broken into in Topeka, KS. I tracked them down. Gave the cops the names, the address, everything. It was fight wrapped for them. They did nothing. Turns out they were having a huge issue with this at the time. Vehicle break ins leading to identity theft. The cops were convinced there was some Oceans 11 type poo going on that was just beyond them. It was just tweakers. Finally one of the tweakers got arrested on an unrelated drug charge and squealed in the ring. The cops were SOOOOO proud. Good hard police work broke the case. It was the exact same names I gave them. They were shopping all the goods bought with credit cards obtained through stolen identitities to their residence. It took me less than an hour to figure this out. They just refused to lift a single finger. I got a call to arrange shipping for my items they recovered. They described several of them. Didn't hear back. When I followed up, no items fitting my description were there and none were ever inventoried. Basically, the cops stole my poo.

Cliff notes: Cops are fuging useless.

 

Yea, my identity is insured with Geico.  I called them yesterday and they told me not to bother calling the cops but they will file complain with feds on my behalf.  Apparently feds know it’s a huge issue and they work with banks and other financial institutions to be one step ahead.  It’s a huge fraud ring.

[LinvilleGorge]

My wife called the cops when we lived in CO when a bear broke in our house. The bear was between her and any exit (she was in our second story bedroom). A sheriff substation was about five minutes away and one of the cops' favorite sit and hide and watch porn on their laptop spots was at the end of the street. It took them almost an hour to arrive. A news van that hear the report on the scanner beat them there. Their station was 45 minutes away.

At this same house I was washing dishes and see someone dressed in all black climb/fall over our backyard fence. I'm like WTF? Go out there to see a cop brushing himself off as his partner starts to make the same climb. I'm like, "Okay, first of all WTF are you idiots doing and secondly, did you not see the gate literally ten feet away?" They said they just assumed the gate would be locked (it wasn't, it didn't even have a lock on it) and that they had received a 911 call from this address (they hadn't). Me: "Ever tried a doorbell? You're climbing over a fence at dusk in all black and my nearest neighbors are a quarter mile away. Are y'all on a suicide mission? If my a Rottweiler had happened to be in the yard you would've gotten your ass torn up when you fell over this fence. Y'all seriously dumb as fug."

I really, really don't like cops. I've never personally been involved in any situation that improved due to the presence of a cop. And it's not because I'm a criminal or low life. My record is spotless. 

[Ja Rhule]

15 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

My wife called the cops when we lived in CO when a bear broke in our house. The bear was between her and any exit (she was in our second story bedroom). A sheriff substation was about five minutes away and one of the cops' favorite sit and hide and watch porn on their laptop spots was at the end of the street. It took them almost an hour to arrive. A news van that hear the report on the scanner beat them there. Their station was 45 minutes away.

At this same house I was washing dishes and see someone dressed in all black climb/fall over our backyard fence. I'm like WTF? Go out there to see a cop brushing himself off as his partner starts to make the same climb. I'm like, "Okay, first of all WTF are you idiots doing and secondly, did you not see the gate literally ten feet away?" They said they just assumed the gate would be locked (it wasn't, it didn't even have a lock on it) and that they had received a 911 call from this address (they hadn't). Me: "Ever tried a doorbell? You're climbing over a fence at dusk in all black and my nearest neighbors are a quarter mile away. Are y'all on a suicide mission? If my a Rottweiler had happened to be in the yard you would've gotten your ass torn up when you fell over this fence. Y'all seriously dumb as fug."

I really, really don't like cops. I've never personally been involved in any situation that improved due to the presence of a cop. And it's not because I'm a criminal or low life. My record is spotless. 

Yea, I think most of us got those stories.  A cop almost shot me in my own house once cause he assumed I was an intruder.  When he realized I lived there he said I was lucky to be alive cause he had every right to shoot me….

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Ja Rhule said:

Yea, I think most of us got those stories.  A cop almost shot me in my own house once cause he assumed I was an intruder.  When he realized I lived there he said I was lucky to be alive cause he had every right to shoot me….

I haven't even mentioned the two times I've had guns pulled on me. Both times by cops. LOL!

[Squirrel Gravy]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

My wife called the cops when we lived in CO when a bear broke in our house. The bear was between her and any exit (she was in our second story bedroom). A sheriff substation was about five minutes away and one of the cops' favorite sit and hide and watch porn on their laptop spots was at the end of the street. It took them almost an hour to arrive. A news van that hear the report on the scanner beat them there. Their station was 45 minutes away.

At this same house I was washing dishes and see someone dressed in all black climb/fall over our backyard fence. I'm like WTF? Go out there to see a cop brushing himself off as his partner starts to make the same climb. I'm like, "Okay, first of all WTF are you idiots doing and secondly, did you not see the gate literally ten feet away?" They said they just assumed the gate would be locked (it wasn't, it didn't even have a lock on it) and that they had received a 911 call from this address (they hadn't). Me: "Ever tried a doorbell? You're climbing over a fence at dusk in all black and my nearest neighbors are a quarter mile away. Are y'all on a suicide mission? If my a Rottweiler had happened to be in the yard you would've gotten your ass torn up when you fell over this fence. Y'all seriously dumb as fug."

I really, really don't like cops. I've never personally been involved in any situation that improved due to the presence of a cop. And it's not because I'm a criminal or low life. My record is spotless. 

Rottweiler didn’t run the bear off?

[LinvilleGorge]

2 hours ago, Squirrel Gravy said:

Rottweiler didn’t run the bear off?

He was with me.

[Shocker]

My wife and I early last year watched some girl ride up and empty our mailbox.  She was going around collecting everyones mail.  We called the police and were told they couldn’t do anything about it.  Nothing, not even look for them.  Totally ridiculous 

Edited October 31, 2021 by Shocker

[LinvilleGorge]

31 minutes ago, Shocker said:

My wife and I early last year watched some girl ride up and empty our mailbox.  She was going around collecting everyones mail.  We called the police and were told they couldn’t do anything about it.  Nothing, not even look for them.  Totally ridiculous 

Fighting actual crime costs money. Better to sit around and write tickets to people going 11mph over with no other car in sight. That drives revenue. If the person happens to blow .08 that's a winning lottery ticket. I don't blame it all on the actual cops. Yeah they suck and they're pretty much useless, but more and more often LEO departments are expected to foot their own bill if not run on a surplus. That shouldn't be a consideration but it is in a lot of municipalities. That requires the cops to focus on driving revenue and not focusing on much more important crimes that are money losers. 

[4Corners]

11 hours ago, Shocker said:

Crazy…I was getting a haircut at Great Clips yesterday and a guy paid with a counterfeit 20 dollar bill.  He wasn't aware it was counterfeit but never seen that before.  They have some pens they mark all twenties with that will tell them if the bill is bad.

The scams people are pulling these days are freaking nuts.

Glad your bank caught that man!

The real crime here is that you went to great clips to get a hair cut 

[Shocker]

Just now, 4Corners said:

The real crime here is that you went to great clips to get a hair cut 

lol, touche

[onmyown]

15 years ago I had over 3k taken out of an ATM $300 at a time. Called the bank from Charlotte two hours after it happened and literally as another $300 was being pulled out. Women tried to argue with me that I literally went to L.A. and came back but mentioned my phone call was coming from Charlotte. Even by plane that was literally impossible. I was in college at UNCC and had been in classes all morning until I saw it and took a break and called them. I had to prove where I was when the funds were stolen.

Apparently my info was stolen from UNCC bookstore earlier (which I used an hour or so before all this happened) and sent to L.A. to be used. Was then told the person wasn’t smart enough to cover the ATM camera and they had a picture of him. After which the bank said they couldn’t prove it wasn’t me lol.

After 3 months of fighting and filing paperwork, and demanding the bank uphold their own identity theft and protection policies, I was reimbursed. Walked in the the local branch and shut down all my accounts and took my 30k elsewhere. Branch manager was baffled by the incompetence and I somewhat felt bad but seriously…I can see why it’s such a huge deal with the dumbassery trying to stop it.

Now days you generally have to call the bank if you want to use your debit card in another state. Back then though not so much as a phone call or flag - even though the same debit card was used across the nation, hours apart. Genius.

My pin is now 12 digits and I look like an idiot every time I use it…’it’s a long story’ is my go-to before people say anything.

Edited October 31, 2021 by onmyown