Friend got $1000 stolen from bank account..

[Syringer]

She tried to withdraw cash today from an ATM and it said her card couldn't be used..so she went inside and a guy told her that her card was frozen and that they'd send her a new one..so she figured okay, and tried to get money from a teller, who then told her she had a negative balance.

She was shocked so she went home checked her online statement but she couldn't access it because her account was frozen. She then called the customer service number to check the last 10 withdraws on the account and they were for $1-$2, which turned out to be non-BofA ATM charges. Finally she gets in touch with a person who talked about the other activity which set her back $1000..it was concluded to be fraud, and they said they'll refund her all her money back. Apparently a thief went to Vegas and somehow withrew $1000 from her account before BofA stopped it.

I didn't think it'd be quite so simple, but apparently that BofA commercial with that skiier girl really holds true to its message. She was just out about an hour and a half of her time at work settling everything, and her boss even lent her money since she wouldn't be able to get any for a few days.

Cliff's: Friend tries to withdraw money, doesn't work.
Turns out thief withdrew $1k in Vegas
She calls BofA who refunded her her money back

 

[Aimster]

you have an interesting life

 

[Xcobra]

Luck for her the FDIC exists!

 

[Chompman]

So how much you win in Vegas with that 1k...err I mean.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

TTIWWP

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
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[jiwq]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
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[Syringer]

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
TTIWWP

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[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: Syringer

I didn't think it'd be quite so simple..

LMAO. And you are in college, right?

 

[BillyBatson]

how did they take the money? stolen/found card? duplicate card? what?

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: Syringer

I didn't think it'd be quite so simple..

LMAO. And you are in college, right?

I was referring to Bank of America refunding her money..

Originally posted by: BillyBatson
how did they take the money? stolen/found card? duplicate card? what?

I'm not sure.

 

[JoPh]

yuck

 

[AMCRambler]

Yeah I guess banks are pretty good about this kind of stuff. My bank aparrently was having a problem with someone phishing account information vis mass emails. My girlfriend, the nitwit that she is, clicked the link in the email and proceeded to type her account information in on the page it linked her too because it looked like the banks webpage. Needless to say several days later a whole bunch of money was gone from her account and she finally put two and two together. Contacted the bank and they fixed everything. I was impressed. I figured they'd say sorry, you were told we'd never contact you via email/phone/mail asking for account information. She was lucky.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Aimster
you have an interesting life

I'll take my dull one.

 

[blustori]

I think shens whenever I see a post from Syringer.

 

[Nikamichi]

1,000 spiders is a lot to lose.

Your friend must be devastated.

 

[talyn00]

Originally posted by: Xcobra
Luck for her the FDIC exists!

uhh does FDIC even protect for fraud? I always thought it was in case the bank ever goes out of business or something you'd still get your money back.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: talyn00

Originally posted by: Xcobra
Luck for her the FDIC exists!

uhh does FDIC even protect for fraud? I always thought it was in case the bank ever goes out of business or something you'd still get your money back.

:thumbsup:

 

[Gravity]

Thanks for the cliffs.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Another one hooked by the Phishers.

Explain to her why she should never click links in emails, even if they warn her that it's a "security priority alpha-ten!"