As I left the gym, I got fraud alerts from both my credit cards, both with a $208 charge at Lululemon and a $1500 at the Apple store, both in Crabtree Valley Mall, neither of which I made or authorized, obviously.
As soon as I got home, I called both credit card companies and reported the fraud, and when the first one asked me for the complete card number, I opened my wallet and found both my credit cards and my credit union debit card gone.
I immediately logged into my credit union account and saw those Lululemon and Apple Store charges pending there as well.
All 3 cards are canceled now, and it doesn’t look like I’ll be responsible for any of the charges.
I can’t for the life of me figure out how those cards got stolen from my wallet. At the gym, I do keep my wallet in my gym bag, but it’s locked up in a locker with a combination lock on it while I’m working out.
Oddly, I had some cash in my wallet, but it was still there, and I’m very thankful they didn’t take my driver’s license either.
Depending on the type of combination lock, it may be quite easy to open (non-destructively) with a thin, sheet metal shim and then relock it. Lock-picking was a COVID project for me. It is shockingly easy.