Fvcking thieves

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altonb1

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This seems so easy to trace. so...-other than this being a big hassle and causing you headaches as you straighten it out, you shouldn't be out the money in the long run.
 

Garet Jax

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Originally posted by: SLU MD
no idea how it happened, but logged on today and 1600 bux was taken out and used to pay off some guys credit card. what a hassle, closing the account, filling out forms, opening a new acct, just to get my money back.

and no, i didnt give it away via email or spoof address, no idea how it happened.

Unfortunately it is not that difficult. Every check you write typically has most of the information theives need to do this. Sorry to hear about this.
 

jdobratz

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It could have been a simple typo. If your account number is similar to someone else's at that institution, say just two numbers transposed, the person could have just typed it wrong and not noticed. I work at a large credit union and I see errors of this type pretty much daily. People give out their account number incorrectly and it matches someone else here, boom the debit posts to the wrong account. So, think it through a bit more before you jump directly to theft. There are very few systems in place to verify that any given debit is being posted to the correct account in the ACH/EFT system.