A night out at a Northwest D.C. bar turned into a bizarre case of credit card theft for one woman, and she says she may not be alone. WUSA9 has reported similar incidents in years past.

Emily, who asked that her last name not be used, says someone stole her credit card from her wallet while she was at a bar with friends about two weeks ago. The theft went unnoticed until hours later, when she received a fraud alert from Capital One.

“I wasn’t like flinging it around,” Emily said. “It was in my purse on my shoulder that night.”

Emily said she was at the bar from about 11 p.m. until 1:45 a.m. and later stayed at a friend’s house. While driving home the next morning, she received alerts for multiple charges.

“Nothing was out of the ordinary,” she said. “And as I was driving home from her

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