| Anyone Had Their Purse Stolen?
Wow. I had a rough Sunday afternoon as my purse was stolen out of my car at my son's special needs baseball game. I know it was beyond STUPID to leave my damn purse in the car, but I did, and the car was not far where we were sitting. We literally were sitting less than 40 yards from the car and the game was less than one hour. But, the thief managed to shatter the driver's side window with one of those tools for shattering windows(and would you believe the sunroof was open?) and take my purse. No one saw or heard anything.
So, I did call the police and filed a report. Rushed home and started making the dreaded calls to credit card companies. Thank the Lord I only had only a debit and one credit card in my purse. Sure enough, pulled my credit card transactions online and there were charges at two gas stations in the neighboring state. I fully expected something like this. I called one of of the gas stations, and apparently this guy was calling his friends and pumping gas for other customers and racked up about $100 at one station. The attendant said that he was suspicious but really there was nothing he could do since they paid outside.
Okay, really am not overly concerned about the cash, credit cards, gift cards in my purse, but they also had a set of keys (house and my van) and very concerned about the med insurance cards which might have SS #s on them (my husband later confirmed that they didn't have SS #s on them). So, changed the locks to the house, so we are not too worried about that, but I suppose the van could at some point be stolen.
Anyway, I am upset and my world has turned upside down, but I am handling this ordeal, and even drove to one of the gas stations to look at camera footage. Unfortunately, we could see the car and make and the thugs, but could not make out the license number on the thief car. So, not sure if we can catch him.
I have never been through anything remotely like this in my life. Any words of experience or steps I should take would be appreciated.
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