Fraud!
I used to live in big bad south Florida. I was never touched by fraud there, but here in quiet Daytona Beach, I had the shock of all shocks.
I don't carry a purse to work because of the work I do and keep a credit card in the bottom of my deep pocket. When I came home Thursday, the last thing I had charged was some groceries in Albertson's. I emptied out my pockets as always, piling everything in a small plastic box I have.
Friday was movie day at the library and since my sister was driving this week, I just put the usual in my pockets. When the movie was over, I went to the restroom and then on the way home to CVS Pharmacy. I had gone into my pockets for my glasses quite a bit and guess my card had been pulled out of my pocket because when I wanted to take it to but a birthday gift at Barnes and Noble, I couldn't find it. We were in a hurry to judge at the Social Studies fair and I couldn't find my card. I figured that maybe I was my clumsy self and the card had gotten pushed somewhere. My sister used her card when I went for the gift.
Today, I deided to turn everything upside down and find the card, but when I didn't decided to call the credit card company and tell them that I must have lost or misplaced the card. I told her what my last purchase was and I was asked if I had shopped at Sears on the 31st? (Maybe I had forgotten. I said no, I never shop in Sears (don't know why but I worked in every department store in Miami except Sears also) She said well, someone used the card and spent $994.00! A fraud person got on the line and said I wasn't responsible for the amount and they would close the account and issue a new card. I am completely shocked. Not only did the person use the card but had a real party!
Guess I can understand it. The extra stress needed to give me my stroke was because I was so angry that I had to go out in the rain to get my license when I tried to purchase things after work at night. I should have asked the mrg. that had signed me out to ok it, but that was hindsight. When I got here, I was amazed that I wasn;t even asked to a liscense when I wanted to charge. My handwriting was so bad, it didn't even look like the signature on the back and there are places where you don't even have to sign.
Lesson learned. I will be sure that my card is shoved all the way down in the future and check when I use a rest room or do something that would cause the card to fall out and check before I leave a place. Unfortunately, some people can't be trusted. Even if I found something that didn't belong to me, I'd wouldn't use it. It wasn't even for food either which could make some sense but would perhaps be somewhat understandable.
Guess the good old days were better.
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