Posted: 7/14/2012 9:29:11 AM EDT
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I dont know if their system was compromised but my account was used to purchase a GPS this past week without my authorization. Im in IT so I know to change my password regularly and to make strong passwords. or pass phrases. In order to gain access they needed my email, to guess my password and know that I had a Cabela's account. I know my email is not hard to find but how did they know I had a Cabela's account and crack my 8 alpha numeric character password?
I may be wrong but if you have a Cabela's account you may want to think about changing your password or removing saved information from your account. |
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I've had to get new cards/numbers twice from Cabelas, both times mine where online fraudulent charges. Was yours local? Same here. 
OP .... Thanks for the heads-up. Checked my account... no new purchases other than mine. I changed both my passwords anyway... shopping account, and Cabelas Club Visa account. Still got my $30 in Cabela's Bucks too. 
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Yeah It was shipped to Kiel, Wi. I was able to get the address and everything but the MPD doesn't handle these types of cases. Called the Manitowac Shieriffs office and they told me the same thing MPD did. That I had to open a complain on IC3.gov. Perhaps we should pay the person a visit? Yeah I had my business account jacked 8 times in one year. CC company told me to contact local pd and they told me it wasnt worth their effort. The CC company would not let me have the persons info. The $@#@#$%'s said it would be an invasion of their privacy. WTF! They just tried to steal from me and you! |
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Yeah It was shipped to Kiel, Wi. I was able to get the address and everything but the MPD doesn't handle these types of cases. Called the Manitowac Shieriffs office and they told me the same thing MPD did. That I had to open a complain on IC3.gov. Perhaps we should pay the person a visit? Yeah I had my business account jacked 8 times in one year. CC company told me to contact local pd and they told me it wasnt worth their effort. The CC company would not let me have the persons info. The $@#@#$%'s said it would be an invasion of their privacy. WTF! They just tried to steal from me and you! Trust me I was ready to go to war once I found out this person lived within an hours drive from me but cooler heads prevailed. I figured it was going to cost the MPD or whom ever at IC3.gov more money in man power and time to investigate then the $400 that was charged on my CC. I think thats how these people get away with stuff like this. Its such a small deal monetarily that its not worth a departments time. I got the charge reversed and new cards issued so all is good for now. |
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My co worker had his stolen twice in one month this spring.
The second time it lasted less than a week to get hacked. Another friend almost lost over $4k when his card was used to buy international plane tickets from an airline that didn't exist. I have heard quite a few people this spring and summer talking about getting their card numbers stolen. |
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Yeah It was shipped to Kiel, Wi. I was able to get the address and everything but the MPD doesn't handle these types of cases. Called the Manitowac Shieriffs office and they told me the same thing MPD did. That I had to open a complain on IC3.gov. Perhaps we should pay the person a visit? Yeah I had my business account jacked 8 times in one year. CC company told me to contact local pd and they told me it wasnt worth their effort. The CC company would not let me have the persons info. The $@#@#$%'s said it would be an invasion of their privacy. WTF! They just tried to steal from me and you! Trust me I was ready to go to war once I found out this person lived within an hours drive from me but cooler heads prevailed. I figured it was going to cost the MPD or whom ever at IC3.gov more money in man power and time to investigate then the $400 that was charged on my CC. I think thats how these people get away with stuff like this. Its such a small deal monetarily that its not worth a departments time. I got the charge reversed and new cards issued so all is good for now. It is way easier for the authorities to sit hidden on the side of the road and arrest you for a traffic violation (you are a captive audience for them and a great stream of revenue) than it is for them to actually do some police work like arresting a real crook who has stolen your identity and caused you harm by stealing your identity. "Sorry we won't be able to get your stuff back" seems like a standard responce when one is burglarised as well. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Yeah It was shipped to Kiel, Wi. I was able to get the address and everything but the MPD doesn't handle these types of cases. Called the Manitowac Shieriffs office and they told me the same thing MPD did. That I had to open a complain on IC3.gov. Perhaps we should pay the person a visit? Yeah I had my business account jacked 8 times in one year. CC company told me to contact local pd and they told me it wasnt worth their effort. The CC company would not let me have the persons info. The $@#@#$%'s said it would be an invasion of their privacy. WTF! They just tried to steal from me and you! Trust me I was ready to go to war once I found out this person lived within an hours drive from me but cooler heads prevailed. I figured it was going to cost the MPD or whom ever at IC3.gov more money in man power and time to investigate then the $400 that was charged on my CC. I think thats how these people get away with stuff like this. Its such a small deal monetarily that its not worth a departments time. I got the charge reversed and new cards issued so all is good for now. Maybe constantly bothering the DA about it will light a fire under the MPD. Thats how the kids who stole my brothers bicycle got arrested. Mom basically made the DA's life a PITA since the police didnt want to do a thing, we had the kids names,addys and witnesses that they stole the bike (they had a couple other stolen ones also). |
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Trust me I was ready to go to war once I found out this person lived within an hours drive from me ... Probably not them. It's more likely an abandoned place, apartment complex, someone who works a lot, or someplace else that a scumbag with a tracking number could scoop up the package without giving their actual address. |
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Trust me I was ready to go to war once I found out this person lived within an hours drive from me ... Probably not them. It's more likely an abandoned place, apartment complex, someone who works a lot, or someplace else that a scumbag with a tracking number could scoop up the package without giving their actual address. Why doesn't the op do the same and go recover his property? |
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Trust me I was ready to go to war once I found out this person lived within an hours drive from me ... Probably not them. It's more likely an abandoned place, apartment complex, someone who works a lot, or someplace else that a scumbag with a tracking number could scoop up the package without giving their actual address. Why doesn't the op do the same and go recover his property? I was thinking the same thing. What's the thief going to do, call the cops & report that someone stole his stolen property? |
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Trust me I was ready to go to war once I found out this person lived within an hours drive from me ... Probably not them. It's more likely an abandoned place, apartment complex, someone who works a lot, or someplace else that a scumbag with a tracking number could scoop up the package without giving their actual address. Why doesn't the op do the same and go recover his property? I was thinking the same thing. What's the thief going to do, call the cops & report that someone stole his stolen property? By the time I found out the package had already been delivered and I was a few days late. Most likely the person had already retrieved it. If I would have gotten to this before it was delivered I would have been there to meet the UPS driver at the driveway to pick it up because my name was on the package. |
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By the time I found out the package had already been delivered and I was a few days late. Most likely the person had already retrieved it. If I would have gotten to this before it was delivered I would have been there to meet the UPS driver at the driveway to pick it up because my name was on the package.  ETA: I'd be pissed.
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I just had my Cabela's Visa used by someone in a foreign country. Their fraud division called me and said they just rejected a purchase attempt with a foreign address but a $2 charge made it through earlier in the day. Must have been the crooks doing testing on stolen card numbers. Cabela's verified I didn't make those purchases, credited my account for them, and UPS overnighted me new cards.
While it sucks to get my credit card number stolen, I was very impressed with the Cabela's Visa Signature service. |
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Trust me I was ready to go to war once I found out this person lived within an hours drive from me ... Probably not them. It's more likely an abandoned place, apartment complex, someone who works a lot, or someplace else that a scumbag with a tracking number could scoop up the package without giving their actual address. Why doesn't the op do the same and go recover his property? I was thinking the same thing. What's the thief going to do, call the cops & report that someone stole his stolen property? You guys are missing the point. I'm saying that the delivery address is not likely to be the thief's address, but rather a dummy address where the package will be left and the thief will pick it up afterwards, because the thief has been monitoring the tracking info. In other words, going to that address with the intent of settling the score will pit the OP against a vacant address or innocent occupant. |
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Trust me I was ready to go to war once I found out this person lived within an hours drive from me ... Probably not them. It's more likely an abandoned place, apartment complex, someone who works a lot, or someplace else that a scumbag with a tracking number could scoop up the package without giving their actual address. Why doesn't the op do the same and go recover his property? I was thinking the same thing. What's the thief going to do, call the cops & report that someone stole his stolen property? You guys are missing the point. I'm saying that the delivery address is not likely to be the thief's address, but rather a dummy address where the package will be left and the thief will pick it up afterwards, because the thief has been monitoring the tracking info. In other words, going to that address with the intent of settling the score will pit the OP against a vacant address or innocent occupant. I got it, but the OP said the tracking already showed it delivered. If he was following the tracking and was waiting for the package to be deliverd he could have gotten his property and returned it. |
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It's kind of insane that you never hear about these thieves getting caught or even pursued. A month ago the wife got a call from her CC company saying somebody tried changing her billing address. There were also two small fradulent charges (itunes). Bank cleared those up and offered to extend credit monitoring if she got a police report. She called the local PD to make a report and the friendly officer said, "Yup, same thing happened to him".
Often how the scam works is that the merchandise is sent to a mule. This person is a scam victim too, falling for the old reshipper scam. Reputable online retailers generally don't ship internationally...especially to places like Nigeria so the scammer finds someone stateside to do that for him. They'll come up with some BS story about why they need someone to reship these items and once they find a gullable mule, the packages start coming. I suspect a guitar center guy of scamming my debit card. I rarely use the card, but this time I used it at GC. I swiped my card and he did something and said, 'you need to swipe it again'. OK... Of course GC keeps an account and they always ask for your address. So the guy can see your name and address and now just got your CC numbers. A few days later someone was trying to get themselves MagicJack on my card. |