Identity Theft Examples: Culprit Worth $4 Million Steals Credit Card in Parking Lot to Spend on Pizza

If you thought you’d heard it all, wait until you find out how low even the wealthiest people in our community can stoop with this eye-popping identity theft example coming right up. Harrun Majeed, a 14-year Navy veteran working toward a degree at a community college, drove out to the local Publix supermarket to buy his son a birthday cake. When he got home, he realized he had dropped his credit card somewhere along the way, and immediately got on the phone with his bank to report the loss and cancel the card. The bank informed Majeed that his card had already been used to purchase two pizzas from a restaurant in the same shopping center as the Publix, for a total of about $40. Obviously, the card he had dropped in the parking lot had been picked up by somebody who’d instantly splashed out on pizzas in celebration of their good fortune. Majeed called the police as soon as he got off the phone to report the fraud, and the cops drove out to the restaurant to find that, incredibly, the culprit was still there, waiting for the pizzas he had ordered.

You’re going to be amazed to find that the thief in question was Dr. Richard Ludwig, a dentist who

was in town for his son's baseball tournament. Not only did Ludwig have a personal net worth of between three to four million dollars, he had $250 cash in his wallet at the time of his arrest for using someone else's credit card to buy two large pizzas for $40. And what a cheek, he even had the audacity to sign the credit card slip with his own name. I wonder if you’ve realized that, judging from this identity theft example, practically anyone can be an identity thief in the lurking when you least expect it. If you’re the kind of person that wants to prevent identity theft happening to you, then getting some kind of protection is exactly what you’re looking for. Did you know: 50% of the U.S. Adult Population have been hacked--and most of them don’t even know it! Don't let it happen to you. Learn more Here!

Cornelius Venturo
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