Yes, my experience over the last couple of weeks has taught me some very important lessons. First, unless you have been murdered - don't try to enlist the aid of a police department that is outside of your residence's jurisdiction. You will end up playing email-tag, phone-tag, report-tag, and in the end you will find that the simple truth is that no one wants to deal with the paperwork, even if it was a felony wire-fraud / theft.

Second, if you have a cell phone - be warned. Just in case you didn't read the fine-print: The cellular industry has no regulation on the amount a criminal can steal from you by compromising your phone and/or connection. Until the moment you call in and stop your number, you will be held responsible for all charges. This includes having your phone stolen in an airport and physically not being able to contact the phone company for 10 hours. Just as a measuring stick - 2 hours is all it takes to rack-up felony cellular fraud. The police will not help you. The paper trail that is a mile-long will not be followed. The phone companies will stand in your way. The criminal will be laughing. That is all.

Thus, I am now known as masaga, the Robbed, and am entering into an Offensive Existence Posture.

--Masaga