well, not really identity theft, but... :rolleyes:
i recently got a new checkcard (ATM/VISA) from my bank in the mail. it\'s been sitting on my desk in a pile of things to do, and i haven\'t activated it yet. the letter that came with the card reads:
Visa USA has informed Wachovia that an incident involving unauthorized access into third-party merchant systems has occurred. Based on the information provided by Visa, it has been determined that your Visa Check Card number, name as it appears on the card, expiration date, and magnetic strip data were potentially exposed.
i got a new card, lisa didn\'t (same account, different #\'s)..
well, i guess i shoulda made it a priority to get the new card activated. lisa went to use her card this morning, and it was denied. she called the bank when she got home, and someone in Ontario withdrew a total of $1400 from our account yesterday (2 withdrawals from lisa\'s card, WITH PIN #, 1 from mine WITHOUT :wah:).. supposedly they sent lisa a new card too, but she never got it.
anyways, this could be much worse, but we\'ll have the $ back in our account by tomorrow at midnight. it just really makes you wonder about sliding that card though.. the info could be going anywhere, and you have no idea..
so we\'re trying to figure out where this might have happened.. the bank won\'t tell us, and apparently Visa won\'t tell them, as it\'s still under investigation.. but shit, i think i have a right to know where it was that i used my card and my info got stolen! it had to be somewhere were lisa and i both used our cards - hers as a debit, and mine as a credit (makes sense, cause we usually use our cards like that)...
this seems to indicate that it was either at OfficeMax or Wal-Mart/Sam\'s Club - all places where we shop.
scary shit. i\'d love to say \'be careful\', but there\'s absolutely nothing you can do to prevent something like this from happening..
