Identity Theft…it’s not just for breakfast anymore. August 27, 2005 ~ 6:35 pm
Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , trackbackDid you know that you can spend over $650 at a seafood restaraunt in Maryland? I didn’t, until I got a call from my bank about 45 minutes ago. They wanted to know if I had been in Maryland today. I told them no…in fact I was at rehearsal in Manhattan.
Apparently someone got hold of my debit card number and went to town on seafood in Maryland. Then they bought gas (thank you, Asshat, for getting into a war that raised gas prices so that my identity thieves could bankrupt me). Then they went to TJ Maxx, and that’s where the card was declined, because I only had $750 in my checking account to start with.
My bank tells me that I’m not liable for any of this. They’ve cancelled the card, and I’ll be getting the money refunded in 7-10 days. A new card is on its way to me. Monday I will stop by my branch of the bank and talk to them about getting money to pay the bills which are coming due, so that I am not without electricity, or phone and internet, or racking up late fees on my credit cards. The bank is already looking for the person who stole my numbers, and they will be prosecuting them.
I hope that they find the people who did this and rain death down upon their asses. Because right now I just feel so goddamned victimized that I can’t even begin to describe it. I will be drinking several beers more tonight and passing out early. In the meantime, even though I only have $15 cash to my name right now (I’m budgeting, of course), I am happy that I have a fridge full of groceries and plenty of cat litter. I still have no idea how these assholes got my debit card number, so I am still scared. And suddenly those Citibank identity theft commercials aren’t so funny anymore.
But I guess I’ll be okay, because even while I was sobbing on the phone to the guy from my bank, I was able to see humor in the situation. I mean, really, how in the fuck can you spend over $650 at a seafood restaurant? Were they feeding the whole Brady Bunch on caviar, or what?
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