Victim?

[Blue Collar Guy]

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Originally Posted by Just_Steve Robbed at gun point when I was working pumping gas in the Bronx circa 1985. Was carjacked circa 1991 again in the Bronx. Had 2 cars stolen from in front of apartment building mid 80's still in the Bronx. Crap where was Blue Collar Guy when I needed him.

I was chasing these guys all over upper Manhattan at that time,those were the real crazy "bad Old Days"

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Originally Posted by MRG Wow! Really want to know? In the middle 70's DW and I were dating, probably 17 years old. We lived in the middle of PA and a buddy told me about a picnic up in the boonies. He knew a guy who just bought a 56 Chevy. Guy was kinda nutty, I only knew him by last name. Future DW and I are in the boonies, parked off in nowhereland(I knew the landowner)and the drunken crew from Deliverance shows up. Proceed to beat the crap out of my Buick, it had been in a minor front end collision otherwise they would have killed the engine. I noticed a 56 Chevy in front of us, and screamed out the guys name! Well that did get attention, not the best. They tried to break into my car, screaming they would kill me, and rape future DW. This scene proceeded to escalate for some time. Suddenly the 56, leaving other 3 cars behind, takes off. I guess to get tools or weapons. When that happened there was a guy standing on my hood with a great big rock, ready to smash the windshield! DW screamed and I floored it! I still remember the look on that clowns face as he flew off my hood! 😁 The front end almost ran over the guy, as I floored it! They had broken out my headlights and driving in BFE with no lights was difficult. The other cars chased us, additionally we still had to pass the 56. I did that on a road under construction. Dog gone road ended and I almost rolled our vehicle. That stupid old Buick probably saved our lives. We got ahead of the 56, and somehow ended up in a driveway of the only farmhouse in ten miles. An older woman invited us in, allowed us to call the State Police. She mentioned her son was a State Trooper and they were unlikely to come up there. .

Thats a horrible experience to put it mildly.

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Originally Posted by Moemg My late husband & I were mugged in The Bahamas at the Paradise resort & casino .The mugger & his wife were Americans on their honeymoon and had indulged in local drugs .The resort comped us a lot but that ruined the Bahamas for me .

That would ruin my trip too, We were in the Bahamas and wanted to go to a neighboring hotel, there was an older stretch limo that somehow we got in for the short ride, as it was getting dark out, and I didnt want to be a victim. when I closed the door I noticed I could not get out unless the driver opened the doors for us. The inside of the passenger compartment had the door handles removed, and the windows didnt work. Luckily he brought us to our destination and let us out, I thought we were getting kidnapped.

[Blue Collar Guy]

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Originally Posted by candrew BCG was pulling stick-up jobs and boosting cars to help fund his E.R.

I would have had to do millions of them, in the part of town I was assigned to most stick ups netted less than $50 bucks, now cars on the other hand were very lucrative. They used to "part them out" for big bucks.

[Blue Collar Guy]

My wife's Father was murdered when she was 4 years old, I know it must have shaped her entire future. We had a stolen credit card , we ate almost a 1000 bucks on that one. I posted on that in another thread, seemed like we were the only losers that got left holding the bag. I hear I might get victimized in the future by social security.

[MarieIG]

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Originally Posted by Amethyst It is statistically likely that 20-25% of the women on the forum have been sexually assaulted. They are not likely to broadcast this on the forum, since it is still considered a taboo subject and many people at least partially blame the woman.

Thank you. It can also been a painful topic

[scrabbler1]

Back in 1994 my apartment was broken into. They (probably some teenagers) didn't take much, and I didn't figure it out right away that anything was taken. But, ironically, I managed to turn this unfortunate event into something sorta positive.


The thieves took 3 things. The first was about $160 in cash I had just gotten from an ATM. They also took some NYC subway tokens I had laying around (this was before the widespread use of MetroCards).


But they also took, from a high shelf in a closet, the box containing my old car radio. The car I bought in 1992, a 1991 Geo Prism, had a radio-only device and I soon bought a radio-cassette player and had it installed. I put the old radio into the new radio's box and stuck it in a closet. A pretty much worthless item, it took on some value when it got stolen (and probably was an unpleasant surprise to the thieves). I received ACV on it initially although I had a Replacement Cost on Contents endorsement on my HO policy.


But that new radio-cassette player wasn't working too well in 1994, so I used this opportunity to replace it. When I bought a new one later in 1994 (within the 6-month window to replace the barely similar stolen one), I received a check from the insurance company for the difference between the ACV and replacement cost new.


Also, when the thieves broke into my apartment, they somewhat damaged the door lock, entitling me to a replacement, even if it was a better version of what was there already. So I added a deadbolt lock to the one near the door knob.


The cash and NYC subway tokens were fully covered. All I had to pay was the $250 overall deductible and in return I got better door locks and a better car radio-cassette player. All in all, a pretty good deal.

[rodi]

In college I could not afford a car - so I rode a motorcycle... or I should say motorcycles... They kept getting stolen. I'd taken to having a heavy chain and hardened lock and chaining it between the frame and wheel... One of them was recovered, stripped, with the chain and lock still attaching the frame and wheel. (I guess they were lifting them into a truck to steal them.)

I had my car broken into 3 times - breaking the window, stealing cd's etc. All during the 80's and early 90's.

The biggest (from a financial POV) was having a licensed contractor try to shake us down - then abandon the job... He then refused to cooperate (pay his share) of the arbitration... He'd collected way more than work delivered (he'd been less than up front about what was completed - we had to unravel after the fact.) The state made him pay us (some) of our financial loss - but he stopped making payments. We lost over $100k even with his payments.... He broke contracting laws and business code laws but isn't considered a criminal for some reason... The only repercussion was he lost his contractors license...

[brett]

Nope. We have been fortunate.

-Dumped a stock broker before any losses when he started to churn the account to his favor and recommend mutual fund dogs with high back end.

-resisted and walked away from two timeshare pitches and one really bad vacation club pitch. From our perspective all three were scams.

-a few credit cards have been compromised...no issue since it is not our dime. Just some inconvenience.

-pick pocketed twice. Once in Rome and once in Athens. Less than 20E each time. No credit cards, ID's etc. Not really a scam, more like good old street crime.

[Blue Collar Guy]

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Originally Posted by scrabbler1 The car I bought in 1992, a 1991 Geo Prism, had a radio-only device and I soon bought a radio-cassette player and had it installed.

No one will ever accuse you of wasting money on cars.

[Koogie]

My business was scammed for tens of thousands. By an honest to god international conman as it later turned out. He also scammed several other businesses in the same industry in the same city. He got one for almost 400K. He also scammed individuals (some for over 100K) and many, many consumer companies.

As far as I know, he is still out there doing it. The police had no interest (he had left the country) and there were no ramifications that I know of. Someone has told me that he has since scammed one of the leading Asian airlines too. I can't confirm that.

I'm still really bitter about it and when I am in a self flagellating mood it is quite depressing still. People think that white collar or economic crime is cool and they make movies about it because it has no "ramifications" B.S.

[btdt22]

While visiting MIL I asked if her if she needed anything done to her Saturn. She said yes to new wiper blades and a/c was not blowing cold. Finished dinner, went to parts store and then went to charge A/C and install new blades. Opened the hood forgetting I had pulled the blades and left the wiper arms up. Broke the windshield and went to bed dreading what I had to tell her in the morning. Next morning she reports car is missing from her carport. Miami-Dade Sheriff later found it burnt and the air bag missing.

[Big_Hitter]

I had my ID stolen a few years ago and $180K fraudulently wired out of a HELOC but that's about it.

[Nemo2]

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Originally Posted by btdt22 Next morning she reports car is missing from her carport. Miami-Dade Sheriff later found it burnt and the air bag missing.

Wow..you certainly went to extremes to avoid pissing off your MIL.

[MRG]

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Originally Posted by Nemo2 Wow..you certainly went to extremes to avoid pissing off your MIL.

+1000

I didn't know how to suggest it.😁 Brilliantly done!

[athena53]

This is mild, but a cautionary tale. I sold a car early this year to a broker. He gave me back the plates and said I should dispose of them or taken them back to the DMV. I didn't want to mess with the DMV so I threw them in the trash. Apparently someone took them and they're now on a car being driven through EZPass lanes in Colorado running up tolls. The last bill was for about $15 so not major, but I just filed a police report once I realized what had happened (and verified with the DMV that those were the plates from the old car. Now I'll send the documentation to the toll authorities and hope they back down. What I really hope is that the bozos get picked up for some minor infraction and they're nailed for driving with a stolen plate.

[Aerides]

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Originally Posted by Amethyst It is statistically likely that 20-25% of the women on the forum have been sexually assaulted. They are not likely to broadcast this on the forum, since it is still considered a taboo subject and many people at least partially blame the woman.

And they may also prefer to consider themselves survivors, rather than victims.

[Sunset]

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Originally Posted by tinlizzy When I was a teenager I had a girl walk up and slap my face. Mistaken identity. She thought I was a girl named Michelle who was messing around with her BF. She tried to slap me again and I was quick enough to get out of her way. The whole time she was calling me Michelle and I was telling her that Michelle was someone else. Unfortunately she wouldn't listen and it turned into a brawl because I wasn't about to let her keep hitting me. It ended when the brother of a guy who liked me intervened. It was so embarrassing and she never did apologize. I hated her until about 15 years later when I read in the paper that she had a baby that froze to death in his crib that was placed next to a window in a run down drafty apartment. I couldn't help but feel bad for her circumstances and loss.

I had a fellow in the neighborhood, chase me down, beat me up and wash my face with snow.
I also hated him for that, and avoided him.
About 6 years later, he was in a car and a logging truck driving the opposite way went by as a log rolled off the truck. The log punched though the windshield and decapitated him.
I felt satisfied about it.

[calico1597]

We had a local banker convince us to invest in a viatical thru Metropolitan Life insurance. These are investments where terminal ill folks can cash in their life insurance for a reduced amount. Supposedly we were made beneficiaries of their policies. We did three investments totaling $20K. The local fire department also invested a large sum with their dollars. It was a hoax company based in Florida. The state charged the company, I think we were returned about $12K and took a loss on the balance. The banker promised to reimburse us but filed bankruptcy and repaid no one. I think a number of people in the local area were scammed. I know of at least one other couple who invested when we did. It was a hard lesson. Didn't cause us any financial hardship but we worked for those dollars.

[Amethyst]

Our home was broken into, twice, and stuff stolen.

Many years ago, I had a police officer in NC extort money from me to repair his kid's car, which the kid claimed I had backed into and damaged. I am a very careful backer-upper and I knew I had never hit anything. The dust on my car had not even been disturbed, but the plastic grill on the kid's car was broken. Obviously he'd blamed an out-of-town license plate because he was afraid to face his Dad. Anyway, I was cited for "hit and run" and did not know how I was going to fight it from MD, so I paid up.

[ivinsfan]

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Originally Posted by Sunset I had a fellow in the neighborhood, chase me down, beat me up and wash my face with snow. I also hated him for that, and avoided him. About 6 years later, he was in a car and a logging truck driving the opposite way went by as a log rolled off the truck. The log punched though the windshield and decapitated him. I felt satisfied about it.

Remind me not to ever Pi#% you off....

[aja8888]

Years ago when working in Detroit, my car got hijacked with me in it late one night when leaving a restaurant. The two guys had me drive them to a seedy part of town where they took my wallet and let me go (thankfully). They were caught a few days later trying to use my credit cards.

When I went to court to press charges, the officer I met with told me they would be put away for a short time and they will still remember where you live and may pay you a visit. I declined to press charges.