It’s never fun finding out you’ve been scammed, especially when you have no idea how it happened. But a TikToker named Lauren (@absolutelylauren) posted a method that folks may want to try if they’ve ever had their credit card info nabbed online and want to locate the crook responsible.
She uploaded a now-viral TikTok that delineates how she was able to learn the identity and shipping address of the person who made a purchase on her credit card. Lauren says all she needed was the date, time, and amount of the transaction to get to the bottom of whoever scammed her.
“If you get your credit card stolen ever, just know that if you know how much the purchase was, and when they made it, you could get the full government name of the bastard that stole your card and their shipping address if it was an online purchase,” Lauren starts in the clip.
Lauren states how after she got a notification of a $135 purchase at haircare brand Olaplex’s online store, her first instinct was to ask her family members if any of them had used her card by mistake. She claims that it wouldn’t be the first time someone bought something using her card, so she wanted to make sure before canceling her card.
“I don’t wanna shut my card down if it’s just my mom ordering some shampoo,” she explains. “Definitely not my two younger brothers, they’ve got good hair but they don’t color it.”
After her family assured her it wasn’t any of them, Lauren…
