An unfortunate side effect of our modern society's reliance upon credit cards: D had her American Express card cloned/stolen. She was shopping at the Marshall Field's on State Street, specifically in the Merz Apothecary to purchase herbals/homeopathics, gave her card to the clerk who said, 'This register isn't working, I'll ring you up on another one.“ Apparently, the guy swiped the card into a cloned machine, and then made a fake card somehow, and I'd assume, a fake ID.
Later that day (Jan 11th), purchases were made at Jewel ($78), Home Depot in Oakbrook Terrace ($742), Apple Store Oakbrook ($916), Dick's Sporting Goods Lombard ($320), and then at a Wal-mart ($950). Since neither D nor myself has ever purchased anything from Wal-Mart, Amex called to confirm this purchase. They are going to reverse all these charges (over $3,000!!), luckily, I'm pretty sure, and send us new cards, plus Marshall Field's is opening an investigation as well. D may have to go to a police lineup.
Crazy!
Tags: Chicago, /credit_card, /thievery
