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WEBVTT WALMART.rt HAD TO REPORT TO THE FRAUDDEPARTMENT WITH THE CREDIT CARDCOMPANY.REPORTER: SHE SAYS HERINFORMATION WAS STOLEN AS SHEWAS COMPLETING PAPERWORK AT AMARSHAL'S IN EPPING.>>rt I WAS VIDEOTAPED AS I FILLEDOUT A CREDIT APPLICATION.REPORTER: KAREN SAYS SHE DIDN'TREALIZE THE WOMAN WAS TAKINGPHOTOS AT THE TIME BUT REMEMBERSTHAT WOMAN POINTING A PHONE ATHER.>>rt 20 DAYS LATER, TOOK MYINFORMATION AND SHE SHOPPED ATWALMART AND BOUGHT $1500 WORTHOF PRODUCTS.REPORTER:rt KAREN RECEIVED THISBILL IN THE MAIL SHORTLY AFTERFOR A PURCHASE MADE AT THENEWINGTON WALMART, A CREDIT CARDBILL FOR LINDA MARSHALL WITH THESAME ADDRESS AND SOCIAL SECURITYNUMBER.rt>> I'M NOT LINDA.THAT'S HOW SHE GOT CAUGHT.I GOT THE FIRST CREDIT CARD WILrtLIN THE MAIL WITH LINDA ON IT ANDWAS IMMEDIATELY ALERTED GREATREPORTER: NEWINGTON POLICESEARCHED THROUGH SURVEILLANCEVIDEO FROM THE WALMART AND THISWOMAN WAS SPOTTED MAKING THEPURCHASE.rt>> SHE DID USE THAT TO PURCHASESEVERAL ITEMS, HIGH-ENDELECTRONICS, AND KAREN HAS TOLDUS IT WAS THE SAME PERrtSON THATWAS FOLLOWING HER AROUND AT THEBEGINNING OF THE MONTH.REPORTER KAREN IS HOPINGSURVEILLANCE PHOTOS LEAD TO ANARREST AND IN THE MEANTIME SHE'SWARNING PEOPLE TO rt CAREFULWITH THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION.>> IT HAPPENS TO MORE PEOPLETHAN YOU WANT TO BELIEVE.I NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD HAPPENTO ME.WHENrt YOU HAVE AN UNEASY FEELING,LISTEN TO IT.REPORTER IF ANYONE HAS ANYINFORMATION ON WHO THE PERSON INTHE ROOM SURVEILLANCE PICTURESMIGHT BE, CALL THE NEWINGTONPOLICE DEPARrtTMENT.

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