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Well it's official folks. I have been a victim of Identity Theft, and Credit card Fraud. I went to pay for my tickets tonight on my 'brand new credit card' only to find it is already maxed out... It's getting fixed tomorrow.. So I will not be at AC until saturday morning.
I am deeply sorry, and If I find the sorry soul that did this. I'm gonna rip him up and serve him to you guys.. duckie or no duckie.
A Ticked off A. Brownrigg
I am deeply sorry, and If I find the sorry soul that did this. I'm gonna rip him up and serve him to you guys.. duckie or no duckie.
A Ticked off A. Brownrigg
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Re: FRAUD
ABrownrigg wrote:Well it's official folks. I have been a victim of Identity Theft, and Credit card Fraud. I went to pay for my tickets tonight on my 'brand new credit card' only to find it is already maxed out... It's getting fixed tomorrow.. So I will not be at AC until saturday morning.
I am deeply sorry, and If I find the sorry soul that did this. I'm gonna rip him up and serve him to you guys.. duckie or no duckie.
A Ticked off A. Brownrigg
Let me at this guy!! I'll rip him up until nothing is left!!
I was a victim myself. He hacked into my WebTV account and took my credit card information. Then he opened a PayPal account under my name and paid himself using the credit card info he took. That was the day I wished I became a real werewolf so I can rip him to shreds.
I was glad I got my money back.
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noone rips off A. Brownwigg and gets away with it. I iwsh i can get a manhunt started and then were gonna torure him until he begs us to rip him apart.
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He should. The problem is that it takes time. The credit card company has to look into this matter.Lupin wrote:That sucks, I hope you get everything sorted out with the credit card comapny.
How the thief managed to get Mr. Brownrigg's credit card info is the mystery. The thief either hacked into the account, or someone out there gave him the info by mistake when he claimed to be A. Brownrigg.
1st, Mr. Brownrigg needs to change the credit card account # A.S.A.P. Also, Mr. Brownrigg needs to find out how and where the credit card was used. If the thief paid himself through PayPal, then its possible Mr. Brownrigg has 2 PayPal accounts. (Thats if A. Brownrigg has one himself.) The credit card company will have a listing of purchases made with that card.
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I just thought of this, should also get a copy of his credit report, just in case the theif had and other information, and decided to open up other accounts under his name.Figarou wrote:1st, Mr. Brownrigg needs to change the credit card account # A.S.A.P. Also, Mr. Brownrigg needs to find out how and where the credit card was used. If the thief paid himself through PayPal, then its possible Mr. Brownrigg has 2 PayPal accounts. (Thats if A. Brownrigg has one himself.) The credit card company will have a listing of purchases made with that card.
I'd rather have my mone in the bank, where it earns interest and is insured, unlike my bed, where the cat might get to it.Reilune wrote:This is part of the reason I don't want credit cards. I'd rather have all my money in a box under my bed, at least then I'd know it's safe. Unfortunately you can't buy anything you need without a credit card.
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Yup...thats another thing that needs to be done.Lupin wrote:I just thought of this, should also get a copy of his credit report, just in case the theif had and other information, and decided to open up other accounts under his name.Figarou wrote:1st, Mr. Brownrigg needs to change the credit card account # A.S.A.P. Also, Mr. Brownrigg needs to find out how and where the credit card was used. If the thief paid himself through PayPal, then its possible Mr. Brownrigg has 2 PayPal accounts. (Thats if A. Brownrigg has one himself.) The credit card company will have a listing of purchases made with that card.
Both the occurrence and the timing are truly unfortunate.
A couple quarters ago, someone broke into my math professor's house and stole his checks, his car and some other things. He got the car back, but he had nothing but trouble with the checks being spent. Every day he was talking to the police and his bank, and I don't think the matter was resolved even by the end of the quarter. It was a really frustrating experience for both him and the students.
Identity theft sucks.
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A couple quarters ago, someone broke into my math professor's house and stole his checks, his car and some other things. He got the car back, but he had nothing but trouble with the checks being spent. Every day he was talking to the police and his bank, and I don't think the matter was resolved even by the end of the quarter. It was a really frustrating experience for both him and the students.
Identity theft sucks.
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Better the cat than a bank that loses all of its money. I know what happened in the great depression. People started withdrawing all of their money from the bank, but since the bank doesn't actually have all that in cash people couldn't get their money. Banks loan other people the bills while all you have is a number. No bank keeps enough money to give out if everyone withdrew all that they had put in the bank.Lupin wrote:I'd rather have my mone in the bank, where it earns interest and is insured, unlike my bed, where the cat might get to it.
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I'm aware of all of that. The problem back then was that after the run on the bank, the bank would become insolvent and everyone else who had money in the bank was SOL. That isn't the case anymore. Besides, cash is just little pieces of paper. It has no value other than the fact that people are willing to give me things/do stuff for me once I hand it to them.Reilune wrote:Better the cat than a bank that loses all of its money. I know what happened in the great depression. People started withdrawing all of their money from the bank, but since the bank doesn't actually have all that in cash people couldn't get their money. Banks loan other people the bills while all you have is a number. No bank keeps enough money to give out if everyone withdrew all that they had put in the bank.Lupin wrote:I'd rather have my mone in the bank, where it earns interest and is insured, unlike my bed, where the cat might get to it.
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I'd like the thief to wake up in the middle of the night, noticing movements in the room, and growling. He turns on the lamp on his night stand and finds a room filled with creatures, part human and part animal. And, that's the last thing he sees other than his own blood and entrails.
Taking a Gestalt approach, since it's the "in" thing...
ABrownrigg wrote:If I find the sorry soul that did this. I'm gonna rip him up and serve him to you guys.. duckie or no duckie.
Figarou wrote:Let me at this guy!! I'll rip him up until nothing is left!!
Shadow Wulf wrote:I iwsh i can get a manhunt started and then were gonna torure him until he begs us to rip him apart.
Silverclaw wrote:I hope they catch the little peice of s*** Release the pack of ravenous werewolves on the guy(aka-us)
Identity theft is just a pothole in the road of life, although quite annoying and possibly damaging, but death is ever so permanent. I'm sure you are all acting in the heat of the moment, but these things you are saying should not be suggested lightly.Scott Gardener wrote:I'd like the thief to wake up in the middle of the night, noticing movements in the room, and growling. He turns on the lamp on his night stand and finds a room filled with creatures, part human and part animal. And, that's the last thing he sees other than his own blood and entrails.
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Vilkacis wrote: Identity theft is just a pothole in the road of life, although quite annoying and possibly damaging, but death is ever so permanent. I'm sure you are all acting in the heat of the moment, but these things you are saying should not be suggested lightly.
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You should know people don't always mean what they say. When I had my credit card maxed out by a thief, I wished I could kill that person for doing that. But I never actually gone out and did it.
Ok lets say you went home and found it to be burglerized. Everything you have is gone. Nothing left. Your prized items are irreplaceable. You might have the same thoughts as we did.
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The world will be a better place if we all lived in peace.Vilkacis wrote:I understand that, and I don't believe any of us would do those things. I was just pointing out that those things being said weren't really appropriate, even if spoken thoughtlessly and without intent. This world takes too many things too literally.
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No crimes, theft, ETC.
But that will never happen.
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I no longer try to change the world, dragon. I just try to make my way in it.
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