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So as some of you know, I work in the casino industry, so I work late hours.  I'm off today, and as I woke up about an hour and a half ago, I checked my email to find that I had hit the BIN in my sleep apparently on a non-comic book item, to the tune of $120 or so.  I immediately got onto the phone with an eBay customer service representative, who was VERY helpful in getting the transaction cancelled, and the seller notified to not ship the item to the address that was added to my account.  A quick check in with my credit card company (I had one card linked on eBay, though I almost always use PayPal for transactions there) showed that there were apparently two other failed attempts to use the card on other transactions (I was told because the shipping address didn't match what my card address is, though that didn't stop the first one from showing as a pending transaction for whatever reason, which I thought was strange ???).Hopefully, the seller was notified before they dropped the item in the mail, and they won't be out anything.  I'm not sure what end I was hacked from, since it could have been eBay or possibly my email -- I've changed passwords for both, and added 2-step verifications (which require using codes sent to your phone by text to log in) to hopefully stop these shenanigans from happening again.  Needless to say, this was an aggravating way to start my day off. :frustrated:

I know there's an address in New Jersey that items are shipped to (and that has been discussed here in a lengthy thread) that are fradulent -- just in case, here's the address that my item was being shipped to that was obviously not me.  If anyone sells on eBay and sees this show up as an address for their item, it may be a fraudulent transaction.


13675 COURSEY BLVD APT 623
BATON ROUGE, LA 70817

 

The other weird thing is that this address is very local to me -- I live an hour or so away from Baton Rouge.  I'm wondering about contacting local law enforcement, and I'm not going to lie -- I'm tempted to take my day off tomorrow to make a trip in person to introduce myself. :mad:

 

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4 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

Well if anyone wants to scare the bejeezus out of the perp... 

Here is the phone number to the apartment complex that 13675 COURSEY BLVD APT 623 - BATON ROUGE, LA 70817 is located.

The phone number is:  (866) 866-7879.  Just ask to be connected to Apartment 623 or talk the talk to get a name of the occupant and proceed from there. 

https://www.liveatcourseyplace.com/

The Baton Rouge area code is 225, if I'm not mistaken.  That number I think would be for the company that owns/manages the complex.  Not sure if they would be able to connect directly to the apartment.

And I did do a google search on the address. hm

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3 minutes ago, ChiSoxFan said:

The Baton Rouge area code is 225, if I'm not mistaken.  That number I think would be for the company that owns/manages the complex.  Not sure if they would be able to connect directly to the apartment.

And I did do a google search on the address. hm

Just say you work at Macy's or something and are trying to connect to the occupant of Apt 623 because they left something at the store or have something on hold but the sales rep did not write the name down correctly or left a money clip with a certain amount and all you found was an address without a name and want to return it to its owner... it is illegible and then go from there... come up with some line of BS and attach urgency or money to it and find out how quickly someone will get you information. 

 

Someone will probably tell you this is illegal.  Who cares? Who is to say that it is YOU that made the call?  Once you get a name it is easy to go from there to make the person's life 'fun'.

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What was the item? If you want to do some next level stalking/research do a location search on Instagram and sort by recent. You may find a person who collects or uses the item he or she purchased. 

The address you provided (minus the apartment number) turns up quite a few posts  

 

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On 7/29/2019 at 2:47 PM, Buzzetta said:

... come up with some line of BS and attach urgency or money to it and find out how quickly someone will get you information. 

 

 

I know ... say you are an investigator from eBay....... no wait, is there really such a thing...:eek:

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18 minutes ago, NP_Gresham said:

I know ... say you are an investigator from eBay....... no wait, is there really such a thing...:eek:

There really is.  And if you know one it can be quite the helpful thing.

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On 7/29/2019 at 4:33 PM, Buzzetta said:

Well if anyone wants to scare the bejeezus out of the perp... 

Here is the phone number to the apartment complex that 13675 COURSEY BLVD APT 623 - BATON ROUGE, LA 70817 is located.

The phone number is:  (866) 866-7879.  Just ask to be connected to Apartment 623 or talk the talk to get a name of the occupant and proceed from there. 

https://www.liveatcourseyplace.com/

:golfclap:

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On 7/29/2019 at 2:22 PM, ChiSoxFan said:

:mad:

So as some of you know, I work in the casino industry, so I work late hours.  I'm off today, and as I woke up about an hour and a half ago, I checked my email to find that I had hit the BIN in my sleep apparently on a non-comic book item, to the tune of $120 or so.  I immediately got onto the phone with an eBay customer service representative, who was VERY helpful in getting the transaction cancelled, and the seller notified to not ship the item to the address that was added to my account.  A quick check in with my credit card company (I had one card linked on eBay, though I almost always use PayPal for transactions there) showed that there were apparently two other failed attempts to use the card on other transactions (I was told because the shipping address didn't match what my card address is, though that didn't stop the first one from showing as a pending transaction for whatever reason, which I thought was strange ???).Hopefully, the seller was notified before they dropped the item in the mail, and they won't be out anything.  I'm not sure what end I was hacked from, since it could have been eBay or possibly my email -- I've changed passwords for both, and added 2-step verifications (which require using codes sent to your phone by text to log in) to hopefully stop these shenanigans from happening again.  Needless to say, this was an aggravating way to start my day off. :frustrated:

I know there's an address in New Jersey that items are shipped to (and that has been discussed here in a lengthy thread) that are fradulent -- just in case, here's the address that my item was being shipped to that was obviously not me.  If anyone sells on eBay and sees this show up as an address for their item, it may be a fraudulent transaction.


13675 COURSEY BLVD APT 623
BATON ROUGE, LA 70817

 

The other weird thing is that this address is very local to me -- I live an hour or so away from Baton Rouge.  I'm wondering about contacting local law enforcement, and I'm not going to lie -- I'm tempted to take my day off tomorrow to make a trip in person to introduce myself. :mad:

 

Last night some txt file kept automatically downloading on my chromebook. I opened the txt and it was just gibberish.  It was hard to find but I deleted it then did a hard reboot.  It happened again so I did a powerwash and switched chromebooks and changed my passwords.  Any idea what this was?

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2 minutes ago, kav said:

Last night some txt file kept automatically downloading on my chromebook. I opened the txt and it was just gibberish.  It was hard to find but I deleted it then did a hard reboot.  It happened again so I did a powerwash and switched chromebooks and changed my passwords.  Any idea what this was?

Did you hear about that big bank in the states or something being hacked?

By the way did you like my new avatar?

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1 minute ago, Hollywood1892 said:

Did you hear about that big bank in the states or something being hacked?

By the way did you like my new avatar?

No and Yes

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19 minutes ago, kav said:

I opened the txt and it was just gibberish

Are you sure it wasn't an email from Shadroch?

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7 minutes ago, awakeintheashes said:

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Yeah, I know. Rubbish joke, blanked by kav and a ridicule meme. Usual drill....:tonofbricks:

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