Posted on 09/14/2004 11:08:57 AM PDT by Cosmo
Hey, I ain't one to promulgate conspiracy theories, but here's a story for ya. I'm sorry if this strikes some as wasted bandwidth, but I thought a heads up was in order.
Someone got hold of my ATM card number this weekend and, after an espresso stop at a Singapore Cafe and a bus ticket purchase in Chile,made a $5.00 donation to Moveon.org.
I'm not sure whether to laugh about the irony or fret over the insidiousness of leftist politics.
Keep an eye on your bank records, folks, and pray that the guy who steals your credit card number finds it in his or her heart to at least donate some of the booty to the Swift Vets.
Very strange, indeed. All in one weekend, too. I'm half expecting to receive photos of my credit card from a third-world communist rally, ala the Travelocity garden Gnome.
How did you find out about it so quickly?
They'll believe that once...
at least thats what I've been told
Identity theft is no joke, but your post does remind me of the joke that a guy who was actually pleased when he got his credit card ripped off. He didn't report it because the thief spent less than his wife!
Get that card turned off NOW. You are about to be cleaned out. We get these low-dollar "donations" all the time on the FRN site. Scammers use low-dollar contributions to non-profits to test the card -- to see if a charge will go through. If it does, they manufacture fake plastic and take it into the bank for a cash advance. They will keep doing that until the account is depleted. |
Is "they" the credit card company or the wife? Or both?
I wouldn't report it. Sounds like they're spending less than your wife ever did....
That was Rodney Daingerfield, wasn't it?
We were out this weekend and our ATM card was declined. We tend to be screw-ups when it comes to keeping tracck ofour bank records (we're alway forgetting about pending charges from utility companies that take their time processing our payments) so we expected that our lack of funds was our own doing and that a simple account transfer was all that was in rder. Then my wife discovered a 2 cent credit from Money gram and began to get suspicious.
We got all of our money back eventually, but we had to freeze our checking account (plus by this time it was almost empty) until it could be proven that we weren't scamming them. All of the transactions took place in Germany and Great Britain, so they were able to prove it pretty quickly.
Or one donation from George Soros.
Please do not take out your anger regarding lefists p---ies on innocent felines!
We got cleaned out, and have already recouped 80% from the bank. Balanc should be restored by tomorrow, according to the bank.
See my #32
My credit card was stolen but when I got the statement the thief was spending a lot less than my wife so I just let him keep it.
Not only that, but your name is being passed around to a bunch of similar groups. I've been flooded with send-money mail ever since I contributed to the Swift Vets. It happens on both sides.
Are you married? LOL
That maniac got ten to fifteen in Joliet for doing just that. It will be nice to see the executives of Moveon.org right next to James Hairless Trafficant at Allenwood, being forced to listen to his one minute speeches over the man.
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