Someone at work stole my credit cards: UPDATE

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WhoseHouse

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... right out of my purse. Somehow, between the time they did this and the time I discovered this, searched my car, purse, office, etc, and headed to the bank, they were able to buy $1300 worth of tickets to the Jay-Z/Mary J Blige concert tomorrow, purchase $343 worth of stuff at the Container Store, and attempt to purchase $1000 worth at Dillards (the card was declined, finally). Obviously, I am being refunded by the bank for the purchases. What bothers me the most is that I'll never know who it is, and they'll have all this free stuff, go sit front and center at this concert (or sell the tickets on ebay, whatever) and never have any consequences. And more importantly, this happened at work! I probably talk to this person every day and think they're my friend. So that is really disappointing. Of course, the Houston police department is not interested in finding out who the person is- though it seems it would be an easy case with the surveillance cameras in the department stores and the concert tickets- all they'd have to do was see who is sitting in those seats that were purchased under my name. But, I'll never know. And some shady person at my office will be all smug and happy knowing I still think they're a nice person. Ugh. That is all.

UPDATE:
Based on a description I got from a surveillance camera at one of the stores, I think I have a pretty good suspect. I just made eye contact with this person in the hall at work and got a good look, and will be going to look at the surveillance pics tonight. My question is this: If the pics end up being her, what is my course of action? Obviously I tell my boss it was her, but what do I do then, as far as prosecuting? Just call the cops and hope they care?
 
Why don't you set up a webcam on your desk - hide it somewhere and then leave out some more stuff to be stolen? Maybe you can catch them in the act?
 
That person may be sitting there in those seats all smug and happy, whosehouse, but there will be karmic retribution. P.S. Why don't YOU go to the Mary J. Blige concert and find out who it is? Then offer the karmic retribution right then and there.



Surely the collective minds of Quackenbush's can help you bust this crook. Why not go to the store managers and say "look, here's the deal. Here's what happened. Can I look at your store video from around that time? The transactions should be time stamped so you know WHEN it happened. If they have videos of the cash registers at that time, it should be pretty easy to produce.

Also, you could just go up to the most likely suspects at some time when you are alone and just say, very quietly, "I know it was you" and walk away. Study their reactions.

I mean, how many people do you work with who are into Mary J. Blige?


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It may net be one of your co-workers. One day at our Houston office, an unkown woman was seen walking around in the hallway. About 30 minutes later, one of the admins noticed her purse was missing. This lady apparently walked right in off the street and snagged the purse.

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Wait until after the concert and strike up a conversation with people about it. They'll probably brag to someone about how great their seats were. You'll find out who it is through the grapevine.
 
You've got to make the work environment a living hell for them, so that it becomes like Edgar Allen Poe's "The Telltale Heart." I'm not sure if you've read it but, in it, the narrator murders an old man. The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by cutting it into pieces and hiding it under the floorboards in the house. Ultimately the narrator's guilt manifests itself in the hallucination that the man's heart is still beating under the floorboards.
 
I called the stores at which purchases were made/attempted. The managers there are reluctant to give me any information- I'm sure they are worried about protecting the store as it is actually their fault for not asking for an ID with the purchases. One of them is supposed to call me back Friday and let me know what information they will be able to provide- we'll see if that happens or not.

So the stores/box office will be responsible for reimbursing Wells Fargo, who in turn will reimburse me, correct? I would think Toyota Center might be interested in catching the person that screwed them out of $1300, and it seems like it would really not be difficult to do. I'm not sure where to go with that though, as the concert is tonight so someone would have to act fast, and judging by the events so far, that doesn't seem likely.

I think in the meantime, I'll just play lots of Mary J Blige and Jay Z in my cubicle and be sure to look everyone in the eye when I pass them.
 
Retailers expect this. It's part of their budget. I doubt they'll act on a few concert tix.

By the way, that sucks. What kind of time elapsed before you realized what had happened? Could it have been an office visitor, cleaning crew, someone snooping through your car? Are you sure it was a co-worker?
 
It happened between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m, and it was taken from my cubicle. It had to be while I was in the restroom or heating up my lunch, which was the only time I wasn't in there- never more than 3-4 minutes at a time. I don't think the janitors come through until after we are all gone- at least I have never seen them. A visitor unfamiliar with the place would be seen wandering around the cubicles, and it seems unlikely that they'd be able to go in and get my cards and walk away unless they had a plan and knew where they were going. But I guess it is possible. So no, I don't know for sure that it was a coworker, but only a coworker would know which cubicle was mine (and that I wasn't in it).
 
so are the tickets at the concert waiting at will call or were they sent to an address? can't you call the box office and ask? see if you can "verify" the correct name on the will call tickets
 
You'd be surprised how easy it is for strangers to wonder around an office building. I once talked to a guy whose company did network security audits in Houston. He told me they once sent someone in to a well known Houston company's offices to do an audit. The person went in and made their way to some cubicles, sat down in front of a computer and started to try to get in to their system. They person did this for 3 days in a row and no one ever asked who they were.
 
No luck on the Toyota Center. I called and all they can tell is that "I" purchased four tickets in two separate transactions. The thief bought them in person (at the box office or at a Randalls, they're not sure???) and took the tickets with them, thus not providing any name or address, so they won't be at will call or receiving the tickets in the mail. It seems as if the box office is reluctant to admit that they sold $1300 worth of tickets without asking for an ID, so they prefer to just not do anything and let Toyota Center (or whoever it is) pay the $1300 to me (just a drop in the bucket to them) and everyone is happy.
 
can't you talk to toyota center and say that the tickets that were bought yesterday were lost and ask for a replacement thus voiding the originals?

I understand you are not liable for the $1,300 that was spent on them, but the thief will be inconvenienced either by not being allowed into the show if he/she is stupid enough to attend, or the person they sell them to might kick their ***. win-win for you.
 
i may have missed you saying you tried this, but couldn't they tell you what seats were bought? at that point, search ebay and houston.craigslist and see if you turn up any hits. i think it would be more fun to get the person fired than to inconvenience them.
 
Ugh, Toyota Center is not helpful. I have called them about five times. They keep transferring me to the "call center" who is unable to provide me with any information about the tickets, other than that they were purchased in my name. They cannot tell me anything because the tickets were not purchased through the call center. But every time I call the actual box office, they transfer me around then finally get rid of me by sending me to the stupid call center.
Oh, btw, I also tried pretending my tickets were stolen and that they needed to be voided but they needed the card with which they were purchased in order to do that.
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I would bet that the people who stole your credit card aren't actually going to use the tickets. They'll probably scalp them on the street for more $$. That way, they actually get money instead of some stupid tickets.

EDIT:
It's probably one of these people The Link
 
i guess find out who in your office is going to the concert. definitely steps can be taken. i went through it two Christmas' ago....

not a lot of things can make you feel as insecure as someone stealing your info. ******* bothers me so hard and i wish there were harsher penalties for the offense
 
Am I missing the part where you tell the police that either thieves or purchasers of stolen goods will be sittign at x,y,z seats at the toyota center tonight?
 
I liked the craigslist idea. Goto the Toyota Center and talk to one of the ticket people. Nothing gets done over the phone.

Also, be careful with the "originals were lost" idea. What if, for some reason, the cops do decide to be proactive and track the tickets down and arrest you?
 
I have worked in offices with about 200 people. At both, strangers have in the past entered and walked out with laptops. At another office, we merged with another company. The first day working together we had a social gathering, afterwards a woman's purse turned up missing. I found it in some empty boxes. Apparently one of the moving help had stolen her credit cards and cash. So you never know.
 
And if noone is looking, it takes what, ten seconds to steal something? Was your purse actually missing? If not, I would guess a male did it.
 
The police have become very uninterested in solving property crimes. The fail rate is like 90%(dont quote me) on property crimes.
 
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