MENA Daily Chat 1.0

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Happy Hump Day MENA! My dh wasn't the only one that was targeted for the debit card fraud. I found a new unauthorized charge on our account and had to file a new claim. Apparently they also stole my debit card information and were spending in NYC. They had to close my card and issue a new one just like with my husband. We'll be going and talking with our bank about options.

[moroccogirlny 100]

Happy Hump Day MENA! My dh wasn't the only one that was targeted for the debit card fraud. I found a new unauthorized charge on our account and had to file a new claim. Apparently they also stole my debit card information and were spending in NYC. They had to close my card and issue a new one just like with my husband. We'll be going and talking with our bank about options.

Sorry to hear about that. It could be internal fraud. What bank do you use? I would consider changing the bank.

[ally and moh 3]

Just want to say HI from AP Hell!

Today is day 64 and I pray it ends soon!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Sorry to hear about that. It could be internal fraud. What bank do you use? I would consider changing the bank.

Hmm. I hadn't thought of that. We use Wells Fargo. We don't know how it happened still but we have ideas how it could happen to anyone. In the letter from the bank for the resolution of our first claim there was no detailed explanation. Only a confirmation that the case was resolved and an error deemed to have occurred. It told us nothing really.

Just want to say HI from AP Hell!

Today is day 64 and I pray it ends soon!

Hi

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

Olivia, the bank would never tell you if it was internal fraud, just an fyi. I too (As a bank manager) think its odd that you and your husbands accounts were compromised..

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Do you think we should change banks then? They've been good so far about rectifying the matter and I've been a customer with them for a long time. I've always felt they've been good to me. I don't know how common this is but I think if it's happening to both my husband and I then it's happening to more people now days.

[JeanneVictoria 55]

Good morning! What a beautiful day we are having!

Olivia, i'm so sorry to hear about your account also being compromised. Yes you are right. More and more

people are being targeted by every type of fraud imaginable. Anything to make money. It's just so

unbelievable that someone can literally take money from your "secure" account. Makes one stop and think

perhaps the mattress sounds better and better! I had used WF for a long time and had a problem.

When I was in Egypt one time, I tried checking my account and no way shape or form were they going to allow me to check it.

They said they didn't recognize my computer, altho, I had checked it only a couple days before and had no problems. I was frantic.

Called them from Egypt, but they never resolved it. Changed banks when I returned to the states. Sure hope you can have this resolved quickly!

Enjoy your day!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

What did you change your bank to Jeanne? We're considering changing banks. We would like something compatible with Egypt as well but I've looked into it before and there wasn't anything really. HSBC seems to be the only one and it was an online bank only in my area. I'm having trouble grasping that concept. Though I spoke about it with my Sister-in-Law and she does their banking through USAA which is what we have our car insurance under. USAA is also online banking only in our area. She says they have to mail in their deposits and everything else is done online.

Banks in our area are Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase, US Bank, and then several local credit unions.

[JeanneVictoria 55]

What did you change your bank to Jeanne? We're considering changing banks. We would like something compatible with Egypt as well but I've looked into it before and there wasn't anything really. HSBC seems to be the only one and it was an online bank only in my area. I'm having trouble grasping that concept. Though I spoke about it with my Sister-in-Law and she does their banking through USAA which is what we have our car insurance under. USAA is also online banking only in our area. She says they have to mail in their deposits and everything else is done online.

Banks in our area are Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase, US Bank, and then several local credit unions.

We chose a local bank here. I've also used BofA which was ok.

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

I had a HUGE issue with BOA bcz I've always had another bank and when someone stole my SS # and I called to put a stop on my social security ... BOA was used to open a checking, savings, order checks in my name and ATMs used. Then... the person that had my SS# ordered a credit card in my name with them after I had told BOA that I had ID theft! Then.... after I found out what ATMs were used and what address... and made police reports ... BOA destroyed the video tapes that the police needed. I was ticked off with BOA!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

That's horrible PTG. I've had BOA in the past as well. It seemed that I could never get away from them because it kept buying all the local banks I'd switch to after I'd close my account with them. They swallowed up everyone. I closed my account with them before switching to WF here because BOA wasn't as accessible. This was before the whole switch to online banking.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

OUR BANK WAS ROBBED TODAY!

We headed to the bank today to talk to somebody and as we're pulling in we saw all these police cars around the bank and in the parking lots around the bank and different areas sectioned off and a line of police standing outside. I said to dh that it looked like the bank was robbed. He said, "That's it. I've had enough with Wells Fargo." I asked him to ask the police since they were on his side of the car so he rolled down his window and asked them, "Excuse me can we go to the bank?" They looked at us like and said no. Then I asked, "What happened?" The police officer came up to our doors and said the bank was robbed but you can go to the downtown bank. I asked which way was downtown and thanked them. If we had been there just a few minutes earlier like I wanted to be we would have been inside the bank when it was robbed and experienced that. Thanks to dh though we left 30 minutes after we were supposed to leave and missed the robbery. He had changed the time so he could do something before we left.

First his card info gets stolen. Then my card info gets stolen and today our bank was robbed. Dh said he thought this kind of thing only happened in the movies.

Bank Robbery

[Ban Hammer 13,429]

while reading the bank robbery story, this one was a link at the bottom:

Caldwell Police bust trio for using counterfeit credit cards

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

OMG! I didn't even see that article! The Walmart they were caught at is the same Walmart that has the bank that was robbed today in it's business parking lot. I wonder if these guys are connected to our information being stolen? Maybe it happened at that same Walmart? We have both used our cards when shopping there. I wonder if they collected our information at that store and distributed a counterfeit card to someone in AZ and someone in NY? Should we be making a police report about all this? Technically we both still had our cards on us but both our information has been compromised somehow.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Oh the article says they were identified at that Walmart and apprehended at a restaurant nearby.