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Lost wallet or purse — immediate steps

The first moves to make when your wallet or purse goes missing — cards, ID, and protecting yourself from fraud.

A lost wallet or purse in Southern Illinois means two jobs at once: stopping fraud and replacing what's gone. The first hour matters most.

  1. Freeze your cards. Open each bank's app and freeze or cancel every debit and credit card. Most apps let you lock a card instantly and order a replacement.
  2. Check for unfamiliar activity. Review recent transactions and report anything you didn't make.
  3. Protect your identity. If ID was inside, take steps to guard against identity theft and consider a fraud alert or protective registration.
  4. Replace your ID and licence. Start replacements for your driver's licence or ID card through the relevant authority for your area.
  5. Retrace and report. Contact the last places you visited in Southern Illinois and report the loss to the police non-emergency line if it may have been stolen.
  6. Post a listing. Add a lost-wallet listing for Southern Illinois — many wallets are handed in and reunited this way.

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Recent reports in Southern Illinois

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Black rectangular glasses with blue-tipped temples

I lost my black rectangular glasses yesterday around 3pm near the Carbondale Public Library on Main Street. They’re a slim black metal frame with rectangular lenses, and the temple tips are bright blue. There’s a tiny scratch on the left lens and a small engraving 'LK' on the inner right temple. They were a gift from my grandmother and mean a lot to me, so I’m really hoping someone picked them up by mistake. If you found them, please text or call me—I can’t read well without them and really need them back.

Southern Illinois 3 months ago
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Black Ray-Ban Wayfarer glasses with blue temples

Lost my black Ray-Ban Wayfarer-style glasses with blue temple tips yesterday around 3pm on the SIU campus in Carbondale, near the Student Center by the fountain outside the Rotunda. They're matte black with a slim silver ridge along the top edge. Inside the right temple there's a tiny engraving 'PP', and the left lens has a faint scratch from a stumble last week. They’re prescription and I really need them back; I can’t see well without them and they’ve started to feel like a lifeline. If you found them, email me at [email protected] and we can figure a safe place to swap.

Southern Illinois 6 months ago
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Lost black Wayfarer-style sunglasses with a small scratch on the right lens, possibly in a soft case near an overlook at Cache River State Natural Area.

I lost my favorite pair of black Wayfarer-style sunglasses while hiking in Southern Illinois last weekend. I think I may have left them at an overlook near the Cache River State Natural Area. They have a small scratch on the right lens and are probably in a soft case if anyone finds them.

Cache River State Natural Area Overlook, Southern Illinois, IL, USA 10 months ago