(OT) a lesson in how your day can go from 0 to s*** in 6 seconds

[Guest guest]

well, just before lunch, I get on my bank's website to balance my checkbook. i

see a balance of -$47.59. someone during the last three-four days made two $500

withdrawals on my checking account. the best I & the bank manager could

determine is someone skimmed my checking card when i used it becuase both it and

my ATM card were still in my possession.

 

hopefully though, we got everything straightened out and i'll get my money back

in 3 to 5 business days, but in the meantime, i'm living off my credit card

because i have $0 in my checking account.

 

moral of the story: log onto your banking website and check your checking

account regularly.

 

so ends my rant of the day. :-D

 

Megan

 

P.S. it also didn't help that i stayed up until 5 a.m. watching black and white

overnight on game show network and the breakfast club on AMC.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Oh no! i am so sorry to read of your troubles, Megan.

i hope you and that bank manager can get it sussed

out soon. Hang in there.

 

~ pt ~

 

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

~ The Dalai Lama

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, " Megan Milligan " <

yasminduran@c...> wrote:

> well, just before lunch, I get on my bank's website to balance my

checkbook. i

see a balance of -$47.59. someone during the last three-four days

made two

$500 withdrawals on my checking account.

> hopefully though, we got everything straightened out and i'll get

my money

back in 3 to 5 business days, but in the meantime, i'm living off my

credit card

because i have $0 in my checking account.

>

> moral of the story: log onto your banking website and check your

checking

account regularly.

>

> so ends my rant of the day. :-D

>

> Megan

[Guest guest]

Oh, Megan, I SO sympathize! This happened to me in March/April. I went to

check my balance, and someone had charged $471 on my debit card. I still had

the card- they had just used the number. AND, they had used my card to buy

CRAPPY stuff on some MLM website. They didn't even spend my money on anything

GOOD!

 

The fraud had overdrawn my account, and I still had checks out! Fortunately, my

bank did not charge me any overdraft fees, because the charges were fraudulent.

It took me two weeks to get my money back, though, and I am so lucky that I

could borrow money from my SO during that time.

 

I am glad that I check my balance almost every day, because otherwise I might

not have caught this right away. So yes, everyone: check your balance often.

 

- priscilla

 

Megan Milligan <yasminduran wrote:

well, just before lunch, I get on my bank's website to balance my checkbook. i

see a balance of -$47.59. someone during the last three-four days made two $500

withdrawals on my checking account. the best I & the bank manager could

determine is someone skimmed my checking card when i used it becuase both it and

my ATM card were still in my possession.

 

hopefully though, we got everything straightened out and i'll get my money back

in 3 to 5 business days, but in the meantime, i'm living off my credit card

because i have $0 in my checking account.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I had my mail stolen, and they got my credit card

statements (with the #'s on them) and washed my

payments...then used them for themselves.

All in all I lost over $3000 in lost money, over limit

and late fees on my credit cards and charges made to

my credit cards. It was awful. Unfortunately the mail

theif has yet to be caught. I was not the only one on

my block to loose mail and money. One lady's SS checks

were taken for three months...and CASHED. Some places

will take a check from anyone.

I hope you can get all this squared away.

~Mel

 

--- reptile grrl <reptilegoddess wrote:

> Oh, Megan, I SO sympathize! This happened to me in

> March/April. I went to check my balance, and

> someone had charged $471 on my debit card. I still

> had the card- they had just used the number. AND,

> they had used my card to buy CRAPPY stuff on some

> MLM website. They didn't even spend my money on

> anything GOOD!

>

> The fraud had overdrawn my account, and I still had

> checks out! Fortunately, my bank did not charge me

> any overdraft fees, because the charges were

> fraudulent. It took me two weeks to get my money

> back, though, and I am so lucky that I could borrow

> money from my SO during that time.

>

> I am glad that I check my balance almost every day,

> because otherwise I might not have caught this right

> away. So yes, everyone: check your balance often.

>

> - priscilla

>

> Megan Milligan <yasminduran wrote:

> well, just before lunch, I get on my bank's website

> to balance my checkbook. i see a balance of -$47.59.

> someone during the last three-four days made two

> $500 withdrawals on my checking account. the best I

> & the bank manager could determine is someone

> skimmed my checking card when i used it becuase both

> it and my ATM card were still in my possession.

>

> hopefully though, we got everything straightened out

> and i'll get my money back in 3 to 5 business days,

> but in the meantime, i'm living off my credit card

> because i have $0 in my checking account.

>

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