Today, my credit card number was stolen. The thief used it to purchase identity theft protection. FML
I agree, your life sucks (19066) - you totally deserved it (1007)
On 11/10/2009 at 8:17pm - money - by Anonymous (woman) - United States (Connecticut)
How much do you wanna bet the thief WORKS FOR the identity-theft company. That's some impressive advertising!
#18 - On 11/11/2009 at 7:33am by BeeSkwaird
hahaha now you do not need to worry about your card being stolen anymore LOL
#6 - On 11/11/2009 at 3:21am by morningwoody
Well I hope you called your credit company to cancel the card as soon as you found out. Sometimes if you explain the situation they will even negate the money the thief spent.
What annoys me about Identity theft is that the police do so little about it. When this happened to me a year or so ago we actually found out they had ordered some car parts and where they were being delivered to. Also found they had brought some plane tickets to spain. Called the police and told them that we had the thiefs address and could tell them exactly when they would be at the airport.. they just told me to speak with the bank to claim the money back and said they couldn't do anything else.
WOW that's like a swift kick to your soft squishy parts.
#27 - On 11/11/2009 at 12:18pm by LightScout03
Haha. I don't know what's funnier, the fact that they stole your identity to protect their own or the fact that they could get their identity stolen since their purchase will be denied. Hopefully, they'll get what they have coming.
Also, you did call this in right? Credit cards have good fraud protection, so all you need to do is call it in and wait through a bit of red tape to get your credit back. This doesn't exactly rank all that high on the FML scale, even though it is still a bit of a pain.
#9 - On 11/11/2009 at 4:15am by blastvortex
A lot of comedians tell jokes. Isn't it possible that some can happen to at least one of the 6 billion people on Earth?
how did your card number just get stolen, but not your card?
#14 - On 11/11/2009 at 5:35am by unknown1900
Happens all the time especially if you are doing any sort of online shopping. Then it is best to have a prepaid credit card that way you can still have some protection from it being stolen but they can't get access to other areas of your life.
#28 - On 11/11/2009 at 12:21pm by LightScout03
Damn that sucks ass! My friend got the bank of America cards and it theirs a picture of yourself on there so if it dont match your all good most of the time unless your a shape shifter then your screwed.
#15 - On 11/11/2009 at 5:42am by SilverStrs5
While i don't usually support the theif this guy sounds like a smart young buck who could be going places. Oh and FYL
#19 - On 11/11/2009 at 8:24am by ChaplinSnakker
You should contact ID Watchdog (www.idwatchdog.com). My credit card number was stolen a few months ago and they fixed everything for me. Now they send me monthly emails alerting me to possible repeat theft if their monitoring scans detect anything. I'd recommend the service to anyone... Either way, good luck! Identity theft can be a real pain in the ass!
FYL.... but smart thief! lol
but seriously, that sucks
#26 - On 11/11/2009 at 12:11pm by knightviper56
LOL, is ndawgg a retard or what? He said a lot of comedians tell jokes. A lot?Really? I'm sure ALL comedians tell jokes. And are you sure 6 billion people have credit cards? You know, since that's what this FML is talking about. The CC is in the OP's name, how do you put ID theft protection on something that's not in your name? Use some common sense people, that's why this is fake.
#30 - On 11/11/2009 at 12:45pm by FlaminYawn
@OP: I actually work for a bank (NAB) in their Lost & Stolen cards department.
if you give your bank/card provider a call, definately have the card cancelled and a new one reissued with a different number (as the number is compromised), and then dispute the fraudulent transaction(s).
Oh, and good luck stealing your identity back now, HE HAS PROTECTION!
That's irony more than anything. People declare FML over the littlest shit! Oh, I burned my toast this morning. FML. I work. FML
#34 - On 11/11/2009 at 6:57pm by Super_Vegetto
Better than the guy who got all of those Snuggies sent to him with his stolen CC. My favorite FML ever!
This is so fake. If a thief stole your identity and bought identity protection that would actually make it easy for them to be found when you reported what happened.
#39 - On 11/12/2009 at 3:30am by israelnotjacob
my credit card number was also stolen.
$2500 :( i don't find it funny at all.
#40 - On 11/12/2009 at 4:39am by chameleon314
Yeah, I too call bogus. Atleast this one let people make it known they know what the word 'irony" means.
This same exact thing happened to me on Tuesday, the 9th -- I'm almost positive it's the same person!
The thief purchased ID Protect from Intelius.com with my card in my name, so they could monitor any new accounts I opened and continue to try to steal my information. Now, with my credit report, they also have every address I've ever lived it, all of my past phone numbers, and all of my accounts I've ever had open -- the credit bureaus (Experian, Equifax, TransUnion) use that information to be able to verify your identity, so the thief can keep stealing your information. This also means they likely have your social security number, because you need it to buy most id protection services.
If this really happened to you, please contact me at cleverchild@hotmail.com. It's very likely the same person, and we have better chances of catching them together.
#46 - On 11/16/2009 at 1:28pm by cleverchild
