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Thank you, Ms Parrot Woman 
I got home from my daughter's last night, and saw a notice up by the elevators, informing us of the mail room having been broken into... and sure enough, all my mail was gone... I had just seen it earlier in the week but left it in my mailbox because it was mostly bills and I would not be paying them for at least another week... anyways, now whoever did this dastardly deed has all my personal info, credit card account numbers, bank account, my social insurance number, my telephone number UGH. The only good thing is that I had removed a cheque from the mail just a few days ago So the thieves did not get that. Thank God! That would have been a huge loss
I got home from my daughter's last night, and saw a notice up by the elevators, informing us of the mail room having been broken into... and sure enough, all my mail was gone... I had just seen it earlier in the week but left it in my mailbox because it was mostly bills and I would not be paying them for at least another week... anyways, now whoever did this dastardly deed has all my personal info, credit card account numbers, bank account, my social insurance number, my telephone number UGH. The only good thing is that I had removed a cheque from the mail just a few days ago
So the thieves did not get that. Thank God! That would have been a huge loss 
Thank you Jenn. It is not stressing me out much, just a bit of a pain (oh, how I hate red tape LOL) though the security number being stolen is a bit of a concern (I have had that same number for 43 years ), so I'll have to figure out something about that with Revenue Canada
I have already cancelled my two credit cards, even though the thieves will only have my card/account numbers (not the actual cards), and probably could not have used the numbers alone, without the expiry dates (which are not included on the bill) and the three digit code on the back of the card itself... so that is looked after, and I just now got off the phone with my credit union, they have flagged my account just to make everyone aware to be vigilant asking for proper I.D. during any in-person transactions, which has other security features built in. As to my SIN number, I will have to contact revenue Canada, haha, I have talked to them more in the last year and a half than I ever did before this, and the cheque I just retrieved from my mailbox last week was from them, too.
I was also targeted in May (on Friday the 13th haha) by people working tax scams, possibly from Nigeria or Uganda? They wanted me to pay 2.5K (two thousand five hundred dollars) to stop them from having the RCMP showing up at my door to arrest me and drag me off to court for being in criminal violation of the tax laws. It was all a scam! They wanted me to go to Safeway and buy 5-$500.00 I Tunes cards to use as funds. That was when the alarms went off for me, and the funny thing is, I have more recently and even this morning received calls from Florida of all places, leaving me a recorded message telling me the same thing. It is all bogus. All of this is part of why I have talked to Revenue Canada so much this year haha, but really it is all good. Some people do actually follow through with buying the I Tunes cards and allowing themselves to be bilked that way, fraudsters in Uganda or somewhere else as equally remote in Africa, using modern technology to dip their thieving hands into our pockets to help themselves to our hard earned money. Welcome to the new age.
So I have done all that I can for now. Tomorrow I will call Revenue Canada and see what they say about my SIN number being compromised. It may not even be. Personally, I don't think they should use this number for our BC medical account number, because such a system exposes very sensitive personal info to the possible threat of compromise on a regular basis That is what was taken... the billing info from my monthly send out.
Thanks for asking! I hope you are having a very good day
Before making the phone calls, I just got home from our monthly potluck following the church service. We just started a new teaching series after having spent the last year and a half going through the gospel of Mark! I love my pastor and my church This evening there is a dinner get together at a neighborhood restaurant for a couple in our congregation who are getting married soon, and we are also preparing to baptize some people next week, or the week after.
God bless you!
[video=youtube;IsIU4Lzdew8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIU4Lzdew8[/video]
), so I'll have to figure out something about that with Revenue Canada I have already cancelled my two credit cards, even though the thieves will only have my card/account numbers (not the actual cards), and probably could not have used the numbers alone, without the expiry dates (which are not included on the bill) and the three digit code on the back of the card itself... so that is looked after, and I just now got off the phone with my credit union, they have flagged my account just to make everyone aware to be vigilant asking for proper I.D. during any in-person transactions, which has other security features built in. As to my SIN number, I will have to contact revenue Canada, haha, I have talked to them more in the last year and a half than I ever did before this, and the cheque I just retrieved from my mailbox last week was from them, too.
I was also targeted in May (on Friday the 13th haha) by people working tax scams, possibly from Nigeria or Uganda? They wanted me to pay 2.5K (two thousand five hundred dollars) to stop them from having the RCMP showing up at my door to arrest me and drag me off to court for being in criminal violation of the tax laws. It was all a scam! They wanted me to go to Safeway and buy 5-$500.00 I Tunes cards to use as funds. That was when the alarms went off for me, and the funny thing is, I have more recently and even this morning received calls from Florida of all places, leaving me a recorded message telling me the same thing. It is all bogus. All of this is part of why I have talked to Revenue Canada so much this year haha, but really it is all good. Some people do actually follow through with buying the I Tunes cards and allowing themselves to be bilked that way, fraudsters in Uganda or somewhere else as equally remote in Africa, using modern technology to dip their thieving hands into our pockets to help themselves to our hard earned money. Welcome to the new age.
So I have done all that I can for now. Tomorrow I will call Revenue Canada and see what they say about my SIN number being compromised. It may not even be. Personally, I don't think they should use this number for our BC medical account number, because such a system exposes very sensitive personal info to the possible threat of compromise on a regular basis
That is what was taken... the billing info from my monthly send out. Thanks for asking! I hope you are having a very good day
Before making the phone calls, I just got home from our monthly potluck following the church service. We just started a new teaching series after having spent the last year and a half going through the gospel of Mark! I love my pastor and my church
This evening there is a dinner get together at a neighborhood restaurant for a couple in our congregation who are getting married soon, and we are also preparing to baptize some people next week, or the week after. God bless you!
[video=youtube;IsIU4Lzdew8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIU4Lzdew8[/video]
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Thank you, Ms Parrot Woman
I got home from my daughter's last night, and saw a notice up by the elevators, informing us of the mail room having been broken into... and sure enough, all my mail was gone... I had just seen it earlier in the week but left it in my mailbox because it was mostly bills and I would not be paying them for at least another week... anyways, now whoever did this dastardly deed has all my personal info, credit card account numbers, bank account, my social insurance number, my telephone number UGH. The only good thing is that I had removed a cheque from the mail just a few days ago So the thieves did not get that. Thank God! That would have been a huge loss
I got home from my daughter's last night, and saw a notice up by the elevators, informing us of the mail room having been broken into... and sure enough, all my mail was gone... I had just seen it earlier in the week but left it in my mailbox because it was mostly bills and I would not be paying them for at least another week... anyways, now whoever did this dastardly deed has all my personal info, credit card account numbers, bank account, my social insurance number, my telephone number UGH. The only good thing is that I had removed a cheque from the mail just a few days ago
So the thieves did not get that. Thank God! That would have been a huge loss 
Sorry for your troubles, Magenta. Prayers for you to stay strong right now. I don't understand people sometimes.
........sigh........it only serves to remind the wee elephant of how un-beautiful he is....
Sorry for that Magneta...........we read/hear about crime all the time.......every day.......but they don't really HIT HOME until they happen to us.......praying you will not suffer because of this.
Even so, the headaches involved in protecting yourself are enough to make one turn purple with rage!
(sorry, couldn't resist........praying )
Lord, don't let our beloved Sister Magneta be harmed by this criminal act against her....
Even so, the headaches involved in protecting yourself are enough to make one turn purple with rage!
(sorry, couldn't resist........praying )
Lord, don't let our beloved Sister Magneta be harmed by this criminal act against her....
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These days I swear...
One day, I'm fine... The next I'm a blubbering mess....
Service was great this morning, but some worship songs always get the best of me... And they Cause me to be an even bigger blubbering mess.
I guess that's gods way of helping us get the bad out and enter into his presence... Cause I needed that today, for sure.
One day, I'm fine... The next I'm a blubbering mess....
Service was great this morning, but some worship songs always get the best of me... And they Cause me to be an even bigger blubbering mess.
I guess that's gods way of helping us get the bad out and enter into his presence... Cause I needed that today, for sure.
