A tip for identity thieves: When you buy a bunch of pricey merchandise with a stolen card number, make sure you don't ship the loot to your victims. That's evidently what happened to one Alaska couple. First their debit card was hacked to the tune of $5,000. TheA tip for would-be identity thieves: When you buy a bunch of pricey merchandise with a stolen card number, make sure you don't accidentally ship the stolen goods to your victims.

That's evidently what one thief did after stealing the debit card number of an Anchorage, Alaska, couple. According to the Anchorage Daily News, Chris and Susie Lindford got a call from Credit Union 1 informing them that someone had stolen their debit card number and racked up an impressive $5,000 in charges in about an hour. The credit union quickly cancelled the card and refunded the money; the Linfords got on with their lives, probably under the assumption that the thief had made off with a rich bounty of merchandise. Then the packages began arriving....

Identity Thief Forgets to Change Shipping Address, Sends Victims His Loot

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