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[trish91198]

So my purse was stolen last night in Itaewon. I wake up this morning with a text message from my bank saying my debit card had been used for 740,000 won...wonderful! I called my director and she reported my card stolen. I then get 3 text messages in a row that I can't read, but I'm thinking the person tried to use my card again for 318,000 won, but because I reported it stolen, the card was declined. The bank told my director that I may not get the money back because I can't prove it wasn't me who spent the money.
This really friggin sucks.
Anybody else have anything similar happen? Any advice??

[halfmanhalfbiscuit]

Track down the shop-room salon(time, amount)??-and see the receipt. Then you can check the signature used and take it from there, the thinking being that:

1, A person signing it makes it fraud
2, Did the place make any effort to verify the signature( often places don't)

[trish91198]

yeah im hoping i can figure out where it was spent and get it all sorted out. im not going down without a fight lol

[politica]

Wow, can I ask where you were last night in Itaewon?

My friend and I and one other girl all had our wallets stolen at SoHo's in Itaewon. They both just lost cash and subway cards, but I had 2 U.S. credit cards, 1 U.S. debit card, my Korean debit card, my Korean ATM card, my ARC card, and my U.S. social security card in my wallet.

Yeah, yikes.

So basically I spent the early morning hours in a PC Bang making a million calls to get all my cards cancelled. I did it immediately after I saw it went missing. My U.S. cards were fine and my Korean debit card only had a small charge from a bar in Itaewon.

I'm still trying to figure out what exactly to do, but here's what I recommend.
-File a police report.
-Get ALL of your cards cancelled (what else did you have in your wallet?)
-Take your coteacher or director with you to the bank tomorrow and explain what happened.
-Pray you have some kind of fraud protection

Best of luck,
politica

[Draz]

I'm not bringing my wallet to Itaewon any more.

[Yesterday]

I am lost here?? How does a Debit card get used if it is stolen? (its not a credit card)

did you have your pin written down in your purse with the card?

I can't understand it.

[venus envy]

[victorology]

[Ruthdes]

[Adventurer]

You can use some debit cards if they are not simply cash cards, but rather cards that can be used to pay for transactions. That's what was used. It's easy to get stuff stolen in Itaewon.

OP, I hope you had fun in Itaewon. There may be a high chance, the police won't do much. That's okay. You had a good night, you are safe, you are doing okay. Of course, I wish the person would get caught, but I am glad you are safe.

[ahsieee]

that actually happened to my coworker
since one of the posters lost the ARC, the embassy is going to want you to file a police report. though nothing will probably be done about it, take a korean coworker/director with you to help with the specifics.

making a new ARC is going to cost 10,000 won. the banks should be accommodating? my coworker had the korean debit taken care of without a hitch. the only thing was he had to wait for the ARC to get a new debit card...

and koreans do not check for signatures.. my coworkers always give me their cc if they don't have cash to buy coffee..
so i'll sometimes buy with 2 different cards, but it's not a problem here -.-

[JJJ]

[JongnoGuru]

That's too bad. Where did it happen? One should assume as a matter of course there will be kleptos working all of Itaewon on busy nights.

[roadwork]

One time at a massage parlor, somone stole my debit card. Fortunately, it was the old Woori Bank cards that only worked at a few places like E-mart and Lotte Mart, and at that time you had to use a pin number. Now I have a new one that can be used anywhere without the pin number. That's fine as that was my one and only trip to the anma.

[grendellives]