My Z got broken in to :(
 

I accidently posted this in the intro forum but meant to post it here so if a mod can delete the other.

Last night my Z got broken in to. I live in a very nice area in the north shore of Chicago and they left me with this.

Stole my radar and my wallet.

Cops found finger prints though.

I will find you...:mad:

op that sucks.. insurance should help...unless your going to pay.


but why the hell would you leave your wallet in the car? :shakes head:

I went out to get something to eat last night and must've left it there by the cup holder by accident.

Window is fixed 275 completely done, will go home and take some pics.

They stole all of my CC's and my ID but none of them were used. I already cancelled all my cards.

When you park your car in public, NOTHING should be visible in the car. Not even a chunk change, because homeless would still break in.

It was parked on my driveway.

Sorry to hear that...

Oh man....Fingerprints huh ? Oh man.... I hope they find them...

They will be lucky that you don't find them first..

In my dream world, thieves lose both their thumbs and can never hold anything again..

But I am a crazy old knuckle dragger.. People's property should be off limits to others, but I understand the world that we live in..

Doesnt matter your information is already on the market, they are applying for new cards in your name now...


I would advise you get life lock for a minimum of one year if not longer to watch your credit activity, its not just some credit report if anyone even yourself applies for something they find out about it and let you know.

Doesnt matter if they got just one card or the whole stack, active or not. Your information is off to the highest bidder.

Wow that sucks! Never keep valuables in the car.

Just a tip , insurance companies will only cover accessories like cell phones , radar detectors, gps if they were permanently attached to the vehicle either screwed or Velcro. Clip on brackets and suction cups don't count . But VELCRO does, so remember when they asked was it attached to vehicle and the answer is YES I always use Velcro.

Also on the wallet subscibe to equifax credit monitoring for at least the next yr. and monitor your account for any activity. Money and wallet would be covered under renters or home owners policy.

:iagree: :tup:

this won't help but a least the jerks didn't destroy the inside or outside of your car...... still sorry it happened.....

Sorry to hear about your car. Nothing worst than a thief!

No, they cover stuff that isn't Velcroed I've had things stolen that were just sitting in there.

What you are openly telling him to do is commit insurance fraud which in itself is a crime. Poor judgement and bad advice.

Man that blows. I second the comment that at least they didn't tear your ride up any worse. :)

Look at the bright side at least they didn't steal your rims and tires!

Install bullet-resistant windows next time.

If you always use velcro, then your telling the truth, plain and simple.

I feel for you bro :mad: i had my murano window smashed in nyc a few years ago took my $3k classical guitar, radar, gps and other shyte. Scumbags

They got his Identity... i think that is worse...

That really sucks to hear. So bad that they got all your wallet's contents. Stories like this make me super paranoid about ever leaving anything in the car. Nothing beyond a change of clothes in the trunk for me ever. I hope it works out for you.

A) you are assuming that the thief is part of a identity theft ring and B) They can't do much without your social security number which hopefully wasn't in his wallet.

Cards do not contain any sensitive info about the owner (outside of the obvious things like name and visa number).

Most smash and grab thieves are not sophisticated enough or even brave enough to go through all that anyhow.

Do you know how easy it is to take one item of identity and create a full profile?

How are you going to say what I am assuming?

You can do a whole lot with out a SSN

They are brave enough to break your window? thats pretty brave.

...All they have to do is pass the information along, they dont have to do much with it they already have his physical location, and the ability to do what they want with the address, and name, which you could get a SSN out of.

I've seen it happen. Just because someone does a "smash and grab" doesn't mean they dont know how to commit a larger form of crime, this was a crime of opportunity, the "dumb criminals" were "smart" enough to watch and wait in some form or another and not get caught.


Regardless, it is smart to watch your a** if you want to pick it apart pm me.

I hate theives.

Sorry you have to go thru this OP.

If ur from NY brutha... u should know better than this. NJ is number one for auto theft and NY is #2 by a very small margin. Your interior better look...
1. Stock
2. Black with the legal tint.
3. Only blast ur music on highways and make sure u not gettin followed.
4: last but not least. Don't leave items in car when parked.

Unless you live in the few burby areas of the 5 boroughs that you can actually garage your car cuz the houses have an attached one? You can't leave stuff in it. Especially if its a case of any kind. It won't last 20 minutes.

There's no such thing as a good area in nyc. It doesn't matter how rich you are or how much more police you think you're getting due to the financial status of the area you're in.. If you're in the area of the 5 boroughs, within 5 blocks, there's a hood and within 2 blocks there's a thug all the.time, waiting for the next careless unguarded person to make a mistake.

That's NYC. Guard yaself n ya personals. It sucks to have to live that way in NY. But just make it routine and it will begin to feel normal.

Yu make me neva want to go there unknown. :( That sucks. Oh well, I'll just do like the locals...take a cab! :tup:

Why would he get lifelock (With monthly fees) when he can just freeze all three of his accounts (One time fee) for $30 or less and it will prevent anyone from getting credit in his name. Go to all three major credit bureas web sites and you can do this online.

Life lock was an example, its 360* coverage, and if they miss something you get a million cash to boot. They have a very good system. Not one company wants to give away 1 million.

Just saying.

All i was trying to do was give the OP the best chance to prevent anything else unwanted happening, it is up to him now.

Anywhere you are, you have to be careful..

I have always lived in the nicer areas...Gated communities, Nicer towns. But these are the exact places that the low life scum target..

They aren't going to target the people that live where they live..There is nothing to gain..

They drive to our areas looking for the nicer Cars, nicer Homes because that is where the money is..

So we are never truly "safe".

Took the words right out of my mouth. People who think they live in a "nice" part of town think they are exempt from bad things happening to them. It's the other way around my friend... unfortunately.

+1........ :iagree:

+1....... :iagree: They could have cut the effen seats & made a real mess inside.

+1...... :iagree: Once again sorry this happen to you man. Now you know going forward to NEVER EVER leave valuables in the car even parke din your driveway.

No that sounds about right for a punishment. :tup:

I obviously agree..:tup:

I don't want to hear from the dirt bag losers, that it is the economy, or they are on drugs, blah, blah, blah..They are thieves and lazy losers..

I will lag bolt their hands to tree stumps, and use a pair of garden lopers to cut the thumbs off...

Sure it is from the stone age, but I bet that thieves would think twice if they knew that we would use rough justice and forget calling the police..

But I KNOW that I am talking smack, and in the real world, A scumbag lawyer would come take my house, and my portfolio if I touched a thief...

But if I ever fear for my life, I am shutting the thief off like a light switch..He won't get to testify.

Judged by 12 and not by one.. I pray that it never happens...I really don't want to have to do it..

Because you are stating as fact that his information is already for sale and people are running up credit under his name as we speak. That's a pretty reckless statement and yes it is hard to "create a profile" without a social. I have been in financial services my entire career and you can't even open a savings account without an accurate social.

We have safeguards against information that doesn't match. The government now requires verification of all data and your address, social, dob, name, and ID must all match their records for any credit/debit products. Without an accurate social it will be declined.

Again if they have his social then it is a problem obviously. I am not going to "PM you" I'm not an internet tough guy and don't play into internet tough guys either. I am simply trying to diffuse misstatements which give unreasonable cause for concern. A persons wallet getting stolen doesn't make him an immediate victim of identity theft as you alluded to.

Our IDs and credit cards pass through thousands of merchants and other vendors on an annual basis... if he has flagged the cards with the provider he will be fine.

Please enlighten me as to how you get a person's social with their name and address? If that has basis we are all in a lot of trouble.


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Matt..

Thanks for the info..

I am sure that the OP needed to hear that..

We just have to watch out for people who want something for nothing..

I have my Credit, ect.., Monitored, and my Wife's credit is frozen..

Just in case...

Mike:tiphat:

Thanks for the support guys, my z is fixed and I'm about to give her a wash.

I called equifax today and froze my accounts they said they will contact experian and transunion to freeze those accounts on those reports as well.

I'm just glad they didn't see my bag in the trunk, I had my ID for work and they surely wouldn't let me into work especially with all the secret service around Chicago.

Lol... actually, we take trains. :)

As much ias I would love to agree with you. This is farthest from reality and truth. Some criminals "yes" do like going for the gusto in better areas. But if you really examine the facts. 90% of criminals that go to nice areas eventually get caugh. While 90% of crimes in the "hood" go unsolved. Police don't really care in lower income areas and just basically harrass people. Not much crimes solving in ghettos. So home invasions, gunpoint robberies and even daylight shootings are common. People truly live in fear in the lower income ares because criminals own the streets. They are mostly hostages to crime or you find a "you can't beat em' join em mentality. Then there's the others who may temporarily sway but strength in family brings them back. Or those that do anything and everything in life to get out the ghetto. Its way more complicated than we would like to sum up in a paragraph. But, crime shouldn't happen anywhere.

I will leave it there because this isn't a statistics forum. Its a car forum. :)

No problem..I never get upset with my car buddies, but in my area , they come from Oakland California, through the Caldacott tunnel and target Orinda and Lafayette, which are high end communities..

Also in other areas locally , they do come from Richmond, California, and Oakland to do home robberies and Car Jackings..

True the robberies, and murders, are in Oakland, and Richmond, but property crime comes to where the property is..IMHO:tiphat:

It just depends on where you live.. When they introduce section 8 housing near our bordering towns, well, the crime comes with it..

And again, I never get upset with my car buddies...We are only sharing information to help each other...We are not trying to pee on each other, haha..

So no worries mate..:hello::tiphat:

OP, sorry if I jacked your thread, and glad you got your car fixed..Watch out for them..sometimes once is not enough for these thieves..:tup:

I'll cut there balls off if I see them :)

I love the credit freeze..I think you did a good thing there..You can unfreeze it , if you need to get a loan,ect..

But for now , I think you did the right thing..