Lost or stolen?

Hello! Nope not yet. But I had some "wonderful" experiences with robberies and the Romanian "authorities". Having 3 robberies in less that a month really is a record. And how the cops responded? Well... I would prefer not to comment on the stupidity of the Romanian Police... Just today I saw a case in which A cop shot a little boy because he was listening music too loud.And he got a small part of the sentence because "the boy provoked him". Now you see why I want to move abroad..

hi wizzy, It didn't actually happened to me but to my sister. we went to the mall and when the time she wants to purchase something & will pay for it,her wallet is gone,with all her credit cards,IDs,her social security ID,money in there.She reported it missing and got all her card cancelled immediately.A week later she received a call from the mall that her social security card was found stash in the garden area of the mall.She got her cards back...the thing to be thankful is no harm has been done to her...

Well that certainly sucks a little bit. That is such a pain having to report them all, waiting on hold all the time and then having to wait for new cards to be sent out. This fortunately has never happened to me, but it did happen to a friend of mine while I was with him. We were travelling through the USA and were in Las Vegas for a couple of nights. We were wandering through the crowded street on the last night that we were there and he felt someone bump into him. As it was crowded, he thought nothing of it, but when he went to buy a drink at the next hotel, he noticed that his whole wallet was gone! This is a common occurrence in Vegas with it being one of the most popular places in the world for pick-pocketers. He had to spend the whole night on the phone back to Australia cancelling his cards. Due to the time difference, he was able to achieve this as the banks were open. He got his parents to wire him over some money to keep travelling with, but he also had an American bank account. So the next day we had to stop off at a town for about an hour while he sorted that out and withdrew the remaining cash from that account. He was still sorting the mess out after he returned to Australia as he had to go and get another drivers licence and all of the other cards that he had lost had to be replaced and then activated, etc.

Hiya Wizzy, Life is ironic sometimes but being able to go out together will be very good for your Mom and with you being with her she will feel much better about everything. In a few weeks she won´t have forgot about it altogether but she will be able to put it behind her in some way.

Hiya Wizzy, No but we did come very close to having to cancel them more than once. Thankfully because I´m very careful I found him his Cards the lot and the panic was over. We did have to change the Door Keys to the House twice but that was it. Also we had someone who thought himself very funny try to take Money out of an account but the Bank Manager phoned me and asked if I knew him and I said absolutely not and the money stayed in the Bank. Really sorry for your Mom. My Mom got robbed once and she was in tears this was in France fortunately she did´nt take very much cash with her and then there were no Credit Cards like now. Hope she recovers something and she has taken it very well too. Someone once stole my Shopping well tried to and I was very upset as I had no more cash to buy anything else. So the clever clogs who took my Shopping left it back downstairs again when I went to ask about it.

I've lost my wallet once, and had it stolen another time. Luckily there were no credit cards in there, but my citizenship and medical card was in one, while my passport and my social insurance card was in the other. I also had a total of three hundred dollars when my wallet was lost. I'm now id-less and it's horrible because I can't do anything about it. It costs money to get my citizenship back and it would take up to six months, also without my citizenship I cannot get my passport back. I'm just waiting for my tax return and see how much they will give back so I can use that to get it done. I have not reported them missing. I should have done that a while ago, but because things started to piling up on me and needed urgent attention, I let it slip out mind. Now, that I saw this post, it reminded me again. I shall do it tomorrow. I wanted to travel for the past few months but I couldn't because you can't travel without ids. Such a drag. I hope no one is using my identification for illegal purposes. It would really suck.

I have not had that problem yet. But it could easily happen, I am sure. My wallet is usually way down in the bottom of my purse, though, so it would not be easy to take it out without me knowing about it.

I am glad that your mom wasn't physically hurt by these thieves who seem to prey on old women. Not that I am expecting a little compassion from these low-lifes. But I find it really disturbing that they really prey on old women who cannot defend themselves. I remember three years ago when my mom was mugged in broad daylight. She visited a friend in the neighborhood where we used to live. Now having lived there for more than fifteen years, she felt it was a safe neighborhood. When she was about to go home and was waiting for a cab, a couple approached her and asked for directions. The old lady of course wanted to help, so gave the directions. The couple turned out to be thieves and literally kidnapped my mother because they took her to a van and drove around the area, trying to wheedle information from her. My guess is that they are trying to gauge if she is from a rich Chinese family (we are Chinese by the way) and if they can get her and ask for ransom. In the end, they released her. But not after getting her diamond ring and all the money in her ATM card. She had a good amount of money in there because my brother had just sent her money for her monthly allowance. My mother had the wits about her to text me and go to the nearest police station, but the thieves were never caught. But as to your question, no. I have never had the hassle of cancelling all my cards because I don't bring all of my cards in one wallet and bring all of them when I go out.

hi wizzywig I am glad that your mother did not suffer neither physical nor financial harm. Can it be that she might have misplaced them somewhere else? My beloved better half has been blaming me for the past months when she misplaced her online internet banking key, She had to file for a replacement. She was convinced that I took her key and misplaced it somewhere. A few weeks ago we were cleaning my car when I found her misplaced internet online banking key. It might have fallen from her own handbag.

I certainly have. Once, my purse was stolen. Nowadays, a person can also have their identity stolen. The whole thing can get pretty scary. Glad your mother didn't get hurt.

I got pickpocketed in Prague in 1995. Fortunately, all they got was a small amount of cash, a credit card and my driver's license. We had plenty more cash, a back up card, and R's German bank acct to tide us over. But it was a pain cancelling the card in the middle of sightseeing and having to replace the license when I got back. Sorry about your mom's stuff.

Yes, but it's mainly because I lost them in the apt. Usually, just after making the call, I find them, but then have to wait for the new cards to arrive:)Glad ur mum is OK

It hasn't happened to me personally, but my mom has had a pretty bad hassle of this same sort of thing. She was mugged one day when she was walking to her car after a dentist appointment. This man grabbed her entire purse and ran and got into a getaway car. She never got her purse or any of the possessions in it back. She had to go through the entire process of freezing and canceling all the necessary accounts/cards.

My mom lost her cards once, she immediately called to cancel them, and she lost no cash and was able to get a replacement the following week.

Luckily, I have not. And I hope never to, either. Good on your mum for reporting it.