people are amazing... just.. amazing.

wow.. did you see that? I was totally first just then! sweet..

second!

What an asshat. My wife was robbed last year while I was in Iraq. The culprits were smooth and smart--they came into her store. One asked questions and looked at merchandise while the other, apparently, lifted her wallet out of her purse from behind the counter (where she should not have left it, of course). Then they went to our city's mass transit train station about promptly bought over $7k worth of train passes with our debit card, so that he could stand by the station selling them at a discount. Very smart. They were never caught, and they never tried any more transactions after that one.

Hope you're able to put your life back together quickly. Good luck.

Ah! The one who got my bankcard # last year went to porn sites & tried to buy a jacket. 'twas the outdoor company that called me to confirm the purchase for the jacket. I think all told, whoever the fool was must've been related to your guy. The 'subscription' charges added up to $30 or $40, and the jacket would've been $70.

Seriously?!
I'm impressed by Bank of America noting the suspicious activity. We've purchased diamond earrings in a foreign country and they didn't even blink.
Also, stealing cc info for $90 worth of stuff? That's pretty pathetic.
Hope you get it straightened out. Glad it wasn't worse...and that it made you post something finally:)

Giggle Giggle.

Doood. Where'd you find my list? Did I drop it at BevMo or something?

Can I uh, get it back? Opening that Pinkberry is kinda a big deal in our area.

OMG, this had me laughing so hard. I love the plan written out on the stained piece of paper..classic! You can feel lucky that you got taken by a moron and not a wiley genius, I suppose! It's the little things!

Haha. Poor guy. Why would you steal so you could work from home? That guy (or woman) has serious issues.

Maybe Martha Steward could teach him a lesson or two, he would get more money and get to stay at home!

Whadda 'tard. Stealing info for THAT?! I'd be all : "First off, fake boobs. Next up brow lift and vampire fangs!"

You're lucky they caught it. I had to catch it myself when my wallet was stolen (at a library for goodness sake) and in less than 24 hours they completely wiped me out. I blame the stupid people at the stores who don't check ID though, they caught her on camera. Do I look Mexican to you?
Unfortunately the camera was all that caught her, but thankfully in a few weeks I had some money again. Thank goodness for parents who'll float you a loan so you can eat!

I gotta attribute it to the recession. Low budge burgling even.

My dog likes Newcastle. I posted about it. Sorry people are asshats.

ditto to: ashlie, mr. lady, and petra

yeah, i'm that lazy. bite me.

What? No porn?

Damn amateurs...

You sure you've not been frequenting stamps.com?

I would have totally been more creative with your credit cards. like Maui.

Not that I have any personal evidence for comparison *ahem* but that guy sounds Sofa King We Todd It.

Me? I would have gone for thousands at lego.com and you would never have known. ;-)

You definitely have to interview him for a blog post. With pictures.

maybe they thought that if they bought a whole bunch of small stuff that the bank wouldn't notice? Or maybe they really are just that dumb.

Nice. I got $600 in charges on mine that were fraudulent on my Visa. All at 7-11. I can't imagine spending $600 at 7-11, especially one without a gas station! Two transactions of $300 a piece.

And if you're buying stuff on iTunes, why do you need the stamps?

My card was stolen over the summer and there were about $300 in gas charges. It made me feel a *little* better knowing that I was at least funding something practical. But stamps? hm.

Mine was stolen in Amsterdam. I nearly didn't want to check the statement to verify the fraudulent purchases. One meal, a hell of a lot to drink, a hotel and about £150 in a brothel.

At least mine had proper fun with my card. I stillI like to think he fell in a canal though.

Sounds like this guy was part of the Ocean's Eleven gang. Bet his next master crime will be to start knocking off Dollar Stores. He'll make hundreds.

Did he at least get some cool tuneage? Hope you get this all straightened out before he can do some real damage.

Shut up. Seriously?
Dude, did Mr. Vanilla steal your card or what? I mean you're too cool to have someone that boring steal your info. Someone stealing your card needs to be hitting up food porn and going to Hawaii or something. not Itunes and Starbucks and *gasp* stamps.com.

That's so sad you almost wanna send the guy money.

it's still a merry christmas then! LOL!

Way to go, thief.

stamps.com??? really???
I don't need anyone to block my credit card for me!! I can do it myself... by confusing passwords! hehehehehehe
I did that last night when I went out with some friends...
Vic was embarassed...
hehehehe
:)

That sucks. My dude took a few thousand dollars and went to a freakin athletic shoe store.

Glad you caught it all though....

Those credit companies can sometimes be awesome...my card was stolen once and the guy had used it for drycleaning, pizza and videos. Living the high life!!!

Glad you were alerted too!

I'm sorry this happened, but I have to say this is a very funny post! Happy Holidays!

Well, just think... it could of been worse... they could of gone to the Target $1 spot and bought everything there! LOL!

Dude that sucks! The guy is obvoiusly a genius and you're lucky that you caught it. A few months ago some dipsh*t took my credit card and ran a $500.00 tab at the Sprint Store. Bastard was lucky that I actually had credit left! LOL!

-B

This guy sounds about as genius as an Illinois governor. Blogfoddervich, I think.

P. S. I can't look at Pinkberry without thinking of pinkbelly. I need help. :)