Can you believe this!!???
A son of a gun found exactly me to rip off!!!???
My wife got recently a bonus of about $2000 and we were out of our skins of joy. So I thought we'd be ahead of the bills for a while. Then only about a month later, some checks started bouncing... and I felt a terrible cramp in my stomach. Are we in such bad shape still???
Then I just found out that a guy got my credit card information and was shopping online... How about that? He literally cleaned out my checking account, spending my money on dating sites and job search sites - guess where??? The guy wants to move to England. He spent on Great Britain sites close to $1000.00 on job search.
How did he get my info???
OK. I do try to shop online only from merchants that I trust, but I still fell pray to a phishing site. It must have been something speaking or marketing related. I could go back to dig up my online purchases (my broke s anyway couldn't afford too many in the past year or two) and I'm sure I could find the son of a "bleep," but what will I do next? These guys are smart.
I actually got the guys phone # who used my credit card info, and when he picks up the phone he says that he is me. Unbelievable! He probably bought the cell phone on my name. "Smart guy" - just hope that I won't meet you in a dark alley... AAARRGHH!!!! I'M ANGRY!!! :<(
So, guys... ladies and gentlemen... be careful out there! Beware of professional looking phishing sites. and protect your personal information carefully.
I got away sort o' "cheap.' I've read about a lady whose identity was stolen and someone bought a car in her name and all kinds of other goodies. At the end of the ordeal she was liable for close to $80,000 dollars, her credit was ruined to the ground, and it took her years to straighten up all the mess.
I hope that my ordeal ends here. I shut down the card, I filed a police report, and called most of the merchants and they refunded me the money. The Grait Britain sites do not have a phone # on my bank statement, but I E-mailed them I hope they'll reply. They have close to $1000.00 of my money.
Can you believe it? No wonder I had no money for burger or a movie in the past month or so...
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