Anybody in San Jose want to kick a dirtbag's ass for me?
09-24-2014, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by sixshooter
... San Jose police department .... She said due to budget cuts they no longer had a fraud department and that all of their officers were now out on patrol.
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09-25-2014, 07:15 AM
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Local PD detective here in Florida advised me to contact the FBI and file a report yesterday, which I did. Still haven't heard **** from San Jose PD.
As the trail starts to grow colder...
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09-25-2014, 08:48 AM
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"I don't understand why cities don't hire private investigation firms to do the menial ****, instead of relying on a monopoly run by government union members."
-Every libertarian ever.
Agreed, btw.
-Every libertarian ever.
Agreed, btw.
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09-25-2014, 09:40 AM
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Ooohh! I got an email! It looks like the FBI is all over this!
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09-25-2014, 08:27 PM
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Imagine if you gave private businesses a pass the way people do gov't agencies: You ask the mama-san for a slender blonde girl, and they send up a hairy leather clad bear, and you say "it's OK, I have no choice, it's a gov't program".
And why do statists say "monopolies bad" but any gov't agency, which is a monopoly, is OK?
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10-01-2014, 11:38 AM
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Humm... I was going to be in San Jose this weekend.
Unfortunately, this chain of events is all too common and criminals know it. Our local law enforcement folks are so unequipped to deal with any kind of fraud that involves a computer, so they just ignore it and pretend like it never happened. Paypal will get money back to the people whom it was stolen from, the vendors already got paid, your account gets reset and the oxygen thieves get some free iPhones and XBones. As it was said before, local PD don't give 2 *****. FBI or Sheriffs Dept on the receiving end is probably your best bet.
This. Microsoft, Sony and Apple all have mechanisms in place to blacklist devices from their services. Unfortunately you have to convince the seller to start this process because technically its the sellers merchandise that was stolen and you have no control as a 3rd party. They already got paid for their junk and paperwork just costs them time and money, so don't expect them to move quickly on this.
Unfortunately, this chain of events is all too common and criminals know it. Our local law enforcement folks are so unequipped to deal with any kind of fraud that involves a computer, so they just ignore it and pretend like it never happened. Paypal will get money back to the people whom it was stolen from, the vendors already got paid, your account gets reset and the oxygen thieves get some free iPhones and XBones. As it was said before, local PD don't give 2 *****. FBI or Sheriffs Dept on the receiving end is probably your best bet.
Call the seller and have them give you the ID's or serials of each unit they sold... then call Apple and tell them. Apple should be able to put a service denial on each unit so that the first time they try and access a network, they're deactivated. At least I think I remember them being able to do that. Turns them into paperweights. Joe Perez will probabaly know about 100 different ways around that **** though.
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10-01-2014, 01:25 PM
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Does it matter if the iPhonie 6 Plus is jailbroken, because at least one of the descriptions I bothered to read said it was.
What is so sad is that we, as a people, have relinquished our rights to many forms of online privacy in the name of allowing the Feds to hunt down criminals and yet they don't really expend any effort doing that.
A colleague of my wife has been traveling extensively in the past few weeks for business. He was detained by the TSA at the beginning of this week because he was flagged for extensive recent air travel. He was brought to a room and interviewed. They asked him about the purpose of recent travels. They asked him which hotels he used in each place and what credit card he used. Without asking him to disclose his credit card number, consent to a search, or obtaining a warrant they were able to pull up his card numbers and complete purchase history to determine he did, in fact, stay where he had claimed on every occasion.
I'll spare you the eulogy for the 4th Amendment and just say that if they are going to have that much private personal information at their fingertips, at least expend the energy to catch a couple of bag guys every once in a while instead of meddling with frequent flyer business executives.
What is so sad is that we, as a people, have relinquished our rights to many forms of online privacy in the name of allowing the Feds to hunt down criminals and yet they don't really expend any effort doing that.
A colleague of my wife has been traveling extensively in the past few weeks for business. He was detained by the TSA at the beginning of this week because he was flagged for extensive recent air travel. He was brought to a room and interviewed. They asked him about the purpose of recent travels. They asked him which hotels he used in each place and what credit card he used. Without asking him to disclose his credit card number, consent to a search, or obtaining a warrant they were able to pull up his card numbers and complete purchase history to determine he did, in fact, stay where he had claimed on every occasion.
I'll spare you the eulogy for the 4th Amendment and just say that if they are going to have that much private personal information at their fingertips, at least expend the energy to catch a couple of bag guys every once in a while instead of meddling with frequent flyer business executives.
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10-01-2014, 01:39 PM
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I take it you never heard anything else about it?
Since no LEO's wanted to do their job. You should have bought a plane ticket, rented a car, drove to the address, and waited for the UPS guy. When he arrives it'd be easy enough to jump out and say, "Yeah, I'm Steve, I can sign for the deliveries, thanks." And then bring your free stuff back home.
Since no LEO's wanted to do their job. You should have bought a plane ticket, rented a car, drove to the address, and waited for the UPS guy. When he arrives it'd be easy enough to jump out and say, "Yeah, I'm Steve, I can sign for the deliveries, thanks." And then bring your free stuff back home.
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10-01-2014, 03:25 PM
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That would be the one time the FBII guys would show up.
Besides, it would really look like I actually set the whole thing up to defraud people which is no bueno.
Besides, it would really look like I actually set the whole thing up to defraud people which is no bueno.
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10-02-2014, 10:29 AM
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I find myself in an ironic position in that I am now currently about 20 minutes from the location in San Jose and with access to various and sundry handheld ballistic lead expulsion devices.
However I am not in a position to help out because I am not a vigilante and have other priorities here--as you may have seen in the pictures thread.
Incidentally, I handed over some privacy to TSA and gave them money so I could be part of their known traveler program. Because my time is often more valuable than my privacy, I decided this was a fair exchange. This week in particular it was quite relieving to spend less than 5 minutes from the time I walked in the airport doors to the time I was standing at my gate.
However I am not in a position to help out because I am not a vigilante and have other priorities here--as you may have seen in the pictures thread.
Incidentally, I handed over some privacy to TSA and gave them money so I could be part of their known traveler program. Because my time is often more valuable than my privacy, I decided this was a fair exchange. This week in particular it was quite relieving to spend less than 5 minutes from the time I walked in the airport doors to the time I was standing at my gate.
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