Simple News: Goofy Scamers

This week I wanted to share some silly credit card and ID theft cases I found online.

The New Orleans Police received a call from a woman reporting her bag stolen from her unlocked vehicle. According to the credit card company, someone had then used her card to purchase tickets for a football game to see the New Orleans Saints . The police in charge of the case searched up the time of the game, located the seat, and found the 15 year old suspect. Further investigation found that this boy had also previously stolen a vehicle.

In Colorado, the day after a women had lost her wallet, a fraudulent check for a few hundred dollars was written using her name. Two weeks later, when a server at Applebee's asked four individuals for their ID when they ordered their drinks, one of the women handed her the stolen ID card. The server went to the back, called the police, and continued to serve the customers as if nothing had happened until the police arrived. The 29 year old woman was arrested for multiple accounts of ID theft.

The server's quick thinking saved the day!

A young lady from Maryland inadvertently left her credit card at the counter of a local grocery store and reported it lost. When the police searched through recent transactions, they found that a movie ticket was purchased a few days before. They pulled up the surveillance videos at the theater and found that this individual had also gone into the photo booth located inside. The police re-printed a nice clear photo of the individual from the photo booth hard drive, asked around the neighborhood and was able to easily identify the suspect.

A man who had his credit card stolen, shared on Reddit that the thief had purchased an iPad. The thief must of been in a rush because when checking out, he did not change the address and the iPad was sent to the person who had his card stolen. He then received a call from someone pretending to be a BestBuy employee, and was told to leave the iPad by the door so they can come and collect what was mistakenly sent to him. Instead of giving the thief the iPad, he gave the police the phone number.

A man in Iowa, reported that his wallet was stolen from his unlocked apartment. When the police started to investigate, they found loads of obvious evidences. With the stolen card, the suspect bought a carton of cigarettes and signed for. He then purchased coffee, and added it to his own rewards point card. He even tried to go to several palaces to purchase an item for $154.21 after an alert was shown that this card was no longer active. He was caught rather quickly.