Today, in the post, a letter from Barclaycard telling me that they believe my card is being used fraudulently. In the letter, details of further purchases totalling £250+. Looks like I managed to nip the spending spree in the bud. I call Barclaycard again to clarfiy the situation and run through what’s my purchases (new filter for fishtank and £10 spent playing poker at Ladbrokes – my only vice other than drinking and the ol’ in-and-out with The Missus). The rest are purchases use for AlphaTelecom.
Yesterday, I used 192.com to do a registry check on who lived at the address where the fraud was carried out. A Nigerian surname came right back at me. Looks like those wily Nigerians have got me in their trap. But how? The credit card I use never leaves the house and is predominantly for web use. I only use it on “decent” websites such as Amazon and places that have automated purchasing systems. How did they get my card? I’ve scanned and examined my PC for viruses and spyware and keyloggers. It’s bugging me.
You can hit me in the head and call me names, but when it comes to money worries they really get to me. It’s my weakness. I leave the Missus to deal with money because she’s good at it. Reading these letters and dealing with this fraud makes me feel sick to the stomach, even though I’ve stopped them early. I know it is stupid, but that’s how I feel.
The past couple of weeks are really grinding me down…but despite all this, I know that out there somewhere there’s someone else having a worse time and I should be grateful that I am who I am. Even so, I can’t seem to shift this dark cloud.
Off too look at my new fish in my tank…more about those tomorrow…

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