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*my friend sent me this information that she gathered from someone at her work. Im just posting it on my blog for her. these are her exact words!!!*

“So recently an ex Walmart LP got hired at my work and y'all know I took advantage of this 100%. I had a million questions to ask, it’s not like he would suspect anything because I am LP as well. It wouldn’t be abnormal for me to have questions about other companies LP policies. So let me start by saying this, Walmart LP starts off at minimum wage in the state they are in. If you have some experience you get an extra dollar raise. Now I always thought they got a crazy pay due to how serious they take their job. NOPE! Minimum wage people!! Crazy! This person told me they were undercover LP, he would be the one who would walk around the store in plain clothes and have a radio in his back pocket and watch people. His store was in a very high crime area, around 1,000 thefts per week. On slow days he would sit in the office and watch cameras. On the more busy days or times he would be on the floor. He told me there were three steps he had to do in order to be able to detain someone: 

1.) watch you on the cameras/ on the floor pick up the item

2.) watch you conceal the item. Now this could be caught on camera or in person. He wouldn’t make it obvious that he was following people, a method he would he is be on the aisle next to where the suspected shoplifter was and watch through the tiny holes of the shelves and see them do it.

3.) watch you walk past the registers, where you could pay for the items. This shows you had no intent to pay for what you had on you. 

Now he told me when he apprehended people, he only had the rights to block. He could not physically put his hands on you and push you on where to go. Only stand Infront of the direction you were headed. He told me if people pulled knives or anything he would let them go. But if someone punched him or kicked him, he would punch or kick back but even THEN he still could lose his job. So I think him punching or kicking back was more of a personal view that he isn’t gonna let himself get beat up for a shitty paying job. He told me that he could chase people through the parking lot but he never would. If he did chase if was just for a physical description to give to the police to dispatch the description to any people in the area. 

If he was in pursuit of a suspected shoplifter, and he had 100% in his mind they were stealing he would first make a call to his ALPM. This stands for area Loss prevention manager. After that phone call he would call the police. 

I asked him how he knows someone is stealing and what key notes they look for, and he told me this.

Obviously they cannot suspect people due to the color of their skin or their gender. He would look at… 

1.) the way you are dressed 

2.) do you look paranoid, constantly look up at cameras or moving your head around? 

3.) going to every single area of the store such as first to grocery, then home, then toys, then cosmetics, then auto, ect. This looks like you’re looking for an opportunity to conceal. 

4.) do you look like you belong in the area that you’re looking at? 

Earlier this year I received a letter of notice from a debt collector stating that they had acquired a debt supposedly belonging to me and that, per law, I have 30 days to dispute the debt. I immediately drafted a letter and sent it to both disputing the debt and request validation of the debt as well as possible settlement arrangements had they actually been able to validate said debt

I sent this letter via certified mail. Always certified mail.

About a week after the 30 day period for them to respond expired, I received a Phone call very specifically crafted in a way to invoke urgency and panic and suggest legal action. So, naturally, I called this number only to discover this was a different company that had only just recently acquired said supposed debt. I reiterated to them that I was disputing this debt and required validation in writing.

The initial conversation went smoothly, they then called me back the next day and became aggressive. They accused me of lying and did everything under the sun to try and trick me into validating this debt as mine so that they would not have to legally send me that validation. I, knowing my rights, insisted that I was disputing the debt and that they were required to send me validation despite them claiming that they were not and that they already had and many other number of lies. I refused to continue the conversation until someone had sent me validation to which they continually responded that they would be forwarding this to their legal department and blah blah blah blah blah.

Surprise surprise, I get a phone call today from yet another company, this one claiming to be in the process of forwarding my account to the county clerks office. That was an immediate red flag as the county clerk does not handle debt disputes. They would have to hire a lawyer in my state to handle this case. I asked what company this was as they had not stated initially, and when they told me I realized this was now another company who had purchased said alleged debt and we’re trying to collect on it. this one outright illegally threatening to take me to court knowing they weren’t.

Beyond that, he tried to lie to me and tell me that a debt validation was not what I thought it was and that a validation was actually just a notice that they had purchased a debt so when I received a letter stating that they had purchased this debt that would be a validation.

That is not true! Debt companies are legally required to send you notice of an allegedly acquired debt in writing and you have 30 days to dispute and request that validation. The company then has 30 days themselves to respond and validate your debt or the debt is forfeit. This man tried to lie to me and tell me that a notice was the same thing as a dead validation in order to trick me into paying a debt that he cannot validate that I am actively disputing.

This is now the fourth company that has attempted to collect on a debt they cannot validate. They know they cannot validate this debt and instead have relied on trying to trick me into paying it. These tactics would absolutely work if I did not have a sales background and or know my rights.

And this ladies and gentlemen is why you always always always dispute a debt. The last debt I disputed was immediately pulled from collections and that allowed me to get back in contact with the original creditor and work out a payment plan so that it would never hit my credit and keep my account with them current. This debt is invalid and therefore they cannot hit my credit with it nor can I collect on it or I will sue them.

For anyone that has a debt sold to a Collections Agency do exactly what OP did and request debt validation (Google-able). Most of the time, the Original company you owed debt to did not give them your Social Security Number or your date of birth; just a good phone number and address. In order to be held legally responsible for it and to be on your credit score, they need your SSN or DOB to prove it's yours.

Usually, they're initial call will say "Hey so before we can discuss your debt of $Xxxx, we need you to verify your SSN and DOB." They're lying. That means they want you to confirm it so they can legally pin that debt to you. If you send a Debt Validation letter VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, that Collections Agency has 30 days to prove you owe the debt and that it does in fact tie to you. Since in most cases they can't, they'll send a letter saying "We don't have the necessary information to collect on this debt. It is now null and void." Send copies of that to the credit bureaus, and they wipe it from your credit report.

With OP, they did the shadiest thing possible by constantly re-selling the debt, thus starting over that 30 day response period.

I've been finding a lot of job postings that ask me for a photo lately, which is uncool of them.

So I made an image which lets me bypass their demand. I don't care if I get that particular job, I just want to shame the HR goons who thought the photo requirement was a good idea.

This is a post from an anonymous imageboard called ļolçöw. This is the information that a single person was able to gather on just ONE person from our community (along w the vague location of another).

KEEP IN MIND:

Despite what you might believe, THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT GATHERED BY MEANS OF HACKING OR ANY MEANS THAT WERE OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE PERSON THEY ARE TARGETTING.

What we are doing is ILLEGAL. It is AGAINST THE LAW and whatever we put on public blogs can be sought and used by any person for any reason. Even if that reason is tracking down your real life identity.

I have chosen to censor the urls of the people who this post was targetting, but it is ultimately UP TO YOU to make sure you aren't doxxed in this situation. Whether or not you think shòpĺifting/fŕiendly fŕaud is a moral issue, it is against the law and there are people who will use the information you CHOOSE to put on your public blogs and use them against you.

I'm not even going to go into the fact that one of the people namedropped here in the post very stupidly posted a selfie on their account and how dangerous that is for them, because that is on THEM, and it ultimately only affects them.

I'm not active in this community anymore but I do still lurk and I do still look out for people who may be in danger of getting doxxed. but just be aware that it is ultimately in your hands to exhibit web safety.

If you don't want this to happen to you, I'd suggest following these tips that I don't see mentioned a lot

REMOVE METADATA from all photos you post. This is a no brainer but a LOT of people don't follow this no matter how much it's posted.

Don't post the names of stores you ĺift from that are extremely specific to the area you live in/near.

Don't overshare on your blog. I know we can feel very comfortable in this community, but there are rats everywhere. Nobody NEEDS to know your personal living situation, when your moving, where to, where you've lived in the past, etc.