They got me too

What gets me out of bed at 9 am on a Sunday? Not much.

Ping. My phone tells me I got an email from my bank. I get these every day. Usually they just tell me my daily available balance.

This one said: "We detected irregular activity on your debit card".

Oh, B of A. I thought you had my back. I thought I was exempt from fraud. It was happening to everyone else lately, but no, it could never happen to me.

Dragging myself out of bed, I call the fraud department. They go through each transaction that I did not make, and put a stop to the card.

"Did you make a purchase for World of Warcraft?". No sir, I did not. I don't really know what it is. Some video game?

This reminds me of an episode in F.R.I.E.N.D.S where someone stole Monica's identity. Instead of pressing charges, she joined the same tap dancing class that the woman/thief used her card to purchase. Monica decided that the 'Fake Monica' was living her life better than she did. So she lied about her name, befriended the thief and went to all these fun exciting places with her. (She was probably fitting the bill for both of them.)
In the end, the thief gets apprehended, Monica is sad and returns to her own boring life.

These days, credit card fraud is so intricate it is very hard to trace it. I always assumed I would feel more violated and upset if I ever got credit card fraud. (This is called impact bias for any psych majors.) But I'm actually a little sad for the person who feels they have to stoop so low in order to get what they want.

I'll get my money back, and I hope it never happens again. You can't exactly stop using a credit card in the fear that it may be stolen. Then again, if you only had cash and it was stolen, it is very unlikely that you'd ever see it again. At least credit cards have some measure of security.

I have some weird desire to try out World of Warcraft.