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Friend's debit card stolen

SociallyChallenged

SociallyChallenged

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Alright, so apparently my roommate walked out to his car this morning to find the driver's side window bashed in. He accidentally left his wallet in there and somebody was scopin' out cars to steal stuff from (his car was squeezed between two others and wasn't accessible from the front view). Turns out the person has already used his debit card at CCBill.com and "PEI Online" (which is apparently playboy). All of these purchases were online and don't have a mailing address. However, both transactions had the same email address. Is there any way possible that you guys could track a user's location/IP/address by his or her email address? I've seen it done with other things. Lemme know.
 
Depends on the email domain. Plus you could try emailing this person and hope for a response that shows his/her IP.
 
how can you use a crd online without a mailing address? Or are you trying to say that the mailing adress is his own?
ANywas, just cancel the card and fill a fraud report and enjoy a months worth of free "entertainment"😉.
 
So his gf found out he has a PB subscription so he stages a break-in where he accidentally left his wallet in the car just to avoid owning up to looking at boobage? weak.
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Depends on the email domain. Plus you could try emailing this person and hope for a response that shows his/her IP.
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Yeah, I was thinking about that, but chances are it's a bum email address and the user wouldn't email me back.

Originally posted by: amdskip
Has he contact the police yet?
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Yep, both police and bank have been notified. Charges have been taken off, card has been canceled and the car has been dusted for prints.

The whole problem isn't the debit card. It's rather the busted window that my friend is gonna have to pay for out of his pocket. His car insurance doesn't cover this and getting the jackass who did this caught would be optimal.

I'm not releasing the email 'cause I'd rather not have people send random emails and blow the whole thing before there was a possibility that the bank could contact the ISP and get info.
 
So email him about something that he purchased. Was this a gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc. account or something different?
 
Originally posted by: amdskip
So email him about something that he purchased. Was this a gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc. account or something different?
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Was a yahoo account. An official email ending would be nice for that though.
 
Originally posted by: Gibson486
how can you use a crd online without a mailing address? Or are you trying to say that the mailing adress is his own?
ANywas, just cancel the card and fill a fraud report and enjoy a months worth of free "entertainment"😉.
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A thief took the whole wallet.



Think it out.
 
Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged
Originally posted by: amdskip
So email him about something that he purchased. Was this a gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc. account or something different?
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Was a yahoo account. An official email ending would be nice for that though.
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Have you tried just googling the email address (also without the "@yahoo.com" part)
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Just call the bank, get a new card, dispute charges and you're done.
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ESP. with a DEBIT card. You don't have the same protections as a CC.

Should have been the first thing done rather than play detective with IP which unless he is coming to a site you can manage you will not have.

 
Besides, even if you did get the IP address, your ISP needs a court order in order to release the information
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Just call the bank, get a new card, dispute charges and you're done.
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This. I had a card stolen a few weeks ago, contacted Chase, disputed the charges and got a new card.
 
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: Gibson486
how can you use a crd online without a mailing address? Or are you trying to say that the mailing adress is his own?
ANywas, just cancel the card and fill a fraud report and enjoy a months worth of free "entertainment"😉.
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A thief took the whole wallet.



Think it out.
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Well that is what I am asking. Does he put his address in his wallet? if so, does he stretch it even further and keep his SS card in there?
 
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: spidey07
Just call the bank, get a new card, dispute charges and you're done.
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ESP. with a DEBIT card. You don't have the same protections as a CC.

Should have been the first thing done rather than play detective with IP which unless he is coming to a site you can manage you will not have.
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Wow, let me bow to you, oh great one of knowledge.

Did you not read my other posts about how that was the first thing that happened? The detective part happened after all charges were nullified and card canceled.
 
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: Gibson486
how can you use a crd online without a mailing address? Or are you trying to say that the mailing adress is his own?
ANywas, just cancel the card and fill a fraud report and enjoy a months worth of free "entertainment"😉.
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A thief took the whole wallet.



Think it out.
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Well that is what I am asking. Does he put his address in his wallet? if so, does he stretch it even further and keep his SS card in there?
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I would expect the address to be on his driver's license, but he doesn't keep his SS card in his wallet anymore for that reason.
 
Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: Gibson486
how can you use a crd online without a mailing address? Or are you trying to say that the mailing adress is his own?
ANywas, just cancel the card and fill a fraud report and enjoy a months worth of free "entertainment"😉.
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A thief took the whole wallet.



Think it out.
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Well that is what I am asking. Does he put his address in his wallet? if so, does he stretch it even further and keep his SS card in there?
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I would expect the address to be on his driver's license, but he doesn't keep his SS card in his wallet anymore for that reason.
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That is what Injury was saying...ooops....

I usually do not keep my license in my wallet....so that is why it did not occur to me.

 
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Gibson486

I usually do not keep my license in my wallet....so that is why it did not occur to me.
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Your mom hang on to it for you?
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After I left my wallet at your mom's place, i decided to just keep my license in my car.
 
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