Did anyone attend the meeting?
I did! There were about 25 people there, but they expected to be hearing from others. At this point they are trying to figure out the common denominator between everyone to figure out where the numbers are being taken from. Most of the activity seemed to center around this weekend and the race in Seaside. However, that doesn't mean you had to be in Seaside to have your number ripped off.
One woman at the meeting had two cards that were affected, and the second she hasn't used in the area in months....
Whoever is taking the numbers is either making clones of the cards, or selling the numbers to people who are making clone cards. In a previous investigation, apparently similar to this, they had surveillance video of the suspect also using a cloned ID. Meaning the name on the ID matched that on the cloned credit/debit card but with the suspect's picture. If this is happening again then it is more than credit card fraud... it could be identity theft. They encouraged all of us to contact the credit agencies to report the issue in the case that someone should try to get cell phones, etc in our names.
I would encourage anyone who has been victim of this to go to the substation and fill out the paperwork. It really doesn't take very long. It took less than an hour including the meeting. Without the meeting I could have been out in about 10 minutes. Take a print out of your card usage for the last week or so of February and this week. If you can't go to them .... like Marianna Toyota they will come to you! If you're from out of town. Call and see if there is someway you can file over the phone!
Really though.... take the time to go help with the investigation so they can catch these creeps that are making us all nervous and skeptical in our quaint little town!