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Slightly OT: Think the color change is bad? Try dealing with Check Card fraud!
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lugnet.color
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Sat, 22 May 2004 00:50:33 GMT
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Hey all,
While I'm not pleased with the color change and still can't decide whether
to buy new sets or just get a job at my local toy consignment shop (so I can
skim off and hoard all the originals!), I had something happen today that
threw things into perspective. My wife and I went out for breakfast to a
nice local place that we didn't know was cash only. I run out to two
different ATM's, both of which say "Unauthorized use." I'm thinking, "What
the hell is this?" Embarassed and more than a little po'ed, I go back to
the restaurant, get the keys to the car, drive to my bank and their ATM says
the same thing. Oh boy!
Turns out, my check card # had been used to buy or authorize the usual
heinous amount of pizza and cellphones that accompanies such fraud. If you
were/are an Earthlink member you may recall some very convincing e-mails
requesting an update of your billing information. Now I'm no net ranger,
and I've deleted a lot of obvious fakes, but this one was subtle and managed
to silence that little voice in the back of my head. I found out later that
it was fake, and cancelled my old card and had a new one sent, telling them
(my bank, BofA) exactly why I was doing this. They managed to circumvent
that anyway. Having to untangle such a mess like this reminds me how small
my hobby is compared the real challenges of life.
*ultra heavy mode off, dude*
Dave
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