Now that I returned from Chicago, I had to take care of many things related to the theft of my wallet. First, I had to call the remaining credit card companies that I couldn't reach on Monday to close the accounts to new transactions. Then, I had to replace the documents I had kept in my wallet related to my driver's license, car registration and car insurance. Following that, I had to visit two banks to make sure that the correct cards were cancelled, and that new ones would be on order. For all of these tasks, I was glad to have my US Passport handy, as this would serve as government issued photo ID for every procedure that requires photo identification,
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I should feel more exhausted than I do right now. But I think I'm running on a steady flow of Adrenalin in my arteries. When I texted RQS, STX, and JTX, they told me that I accomplished a lot in a short day. In reality, one can accomplish a lot if one has a good plan. Although I'm good at doing things on the fly, it helped for me to write down a list of things to do before I started out for the day. This way, I would know how to adjust things when circumstances dictated a change in plans.
Just before I went to bed, I noticed that the fraud unit of American Express stopped payment on the wrong purchase. The thief made a bogus charge to Target, and I made a legitimate charge to the Frank Lloyd Wright trust, and the chargeback went to the wrong parties. So I called Amex at 2:00 am to get this fixed while I was awake enough to do so.
Monitoring both credit card charges and my credit reports will become a regular thing for the foreseeable future, especially when it's time for me to turn off credit freezes so that I can finance a car I plan to buy. The big question will be: What kind of car do I want and how much will I finance?
2 comments:
I'm really sorry to hear you wallet was stolen, Marian. It's not so much the loss that's troublesome in these situations but the time and hassle of replacing everything and checking your account for a while afterwards. Hope you can sort it all out without too much stress. Glad the rest of the trip was good, though. Sue x
Sue -
Sorting things out was easier than expected, as I was able to react quickly. Had I been anywhere that I had no access to the internet, things would have been much worse, as I was able to start calling credit card companies while the bogus charges were being attempted. And, on the first evening, I was able to freeze all my credit reports. So I had much less to think about when getting on the plane the next morning.
Sadly, this is the kind of crap that can happen anywhere....
M
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