A local woman posted on Park Slope Parents to say that she’s the latest victim of the neighborhood’s credit card fraud problem.

But this time it wasn’t someone buying gas in Florida or Texas. No, this time the credit card expenditures were far more local—and strangely extravagant. The following was on PSP this morning. I emailed the woman for permission to quote from her post and she agreed.

I
know
there
were
a
few
messages
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
about
people’s
credit
cards
used
in
FL.
Any
news
updates
on
this?
I
just
had
my
credit
card
used
to
buy
gourmet
kitchen
accessories
and
expensive
flower
deliveries
sent
to
someone
in
Brooklyn
(I
was
able
to
get
the
address
and
phone
#
where
the
delivery
went
and
had
it
stopped)
.

It is
driving
me
crazy
and
would
really
like
to
get
to
the
bottom
of
this.
All
I
know
is
that
the
one
and
only
transaction
I
made
in
the
neighborhood
over
the
phone
right
before
this
started was at [a local business].

If
anyone
has
any
more
information,
I’d
love
to
hear
what
you’ve
done.
Of
course
I’ve
already
canceled
the
card,
but
it
bums
me
out
to
think
I
can’t
shop
safely
around
here.

The victim of this fraud emailed me to say that she felt horrible that the store was named in the Par Slope Parents post as it was not supposed to be and they have removed the posting on the website.

I am wondering why if she mentioned the name of the store in the post she thought the store name would be removed?

According to her email, she doesn’t want to cause any business any harm. "I just find it curious that a couple of people said that [this particular business] is the legitimate purchase they made before the false charges started. 

In the meantime: "I am just trying to find any connections – you know foodie items? expensive
flowers? – we are all just looking for answers. I was so angry that I
was able to have the company recall the shipment from the UPS warehouse
before it got to the destination (I have the destination phone # and
address) and had them flag it as credit card fraud," she writes.

Her frustration was palpable. "I don’t buy
hundreds of dollars of kitchen gadgets for myself, why should someone
else enjoy them on my bill? (Although I could use the roasting pans and
lettuce knife they ordered…)"