Check your bank accounts!

[TR Custom Parts]

Some scumbag in Istanbul Turkey made two ATM withdrawals from my business bank account for $450. Nothing like sitting in the bank all morning trying to straighten it out.

 

[Grumpy]

Some scumbag in Istanbul Turkey made two ATM withdrawals from my business bank account for $450. Nothing like sitting in the bank all morning trying to straighten it out.

I didn't think there were Buicks over there really that sucks .. it was on the new last night the local banks are watching ATM transactions from the half wit jungle countries

 

[Bescurred]

Muslims

 

[BandAid]

Muslims

Do you have more pics of your house ,mine is the same color amd was thinking of that color for the shuters and need to see more please...
Dennis

 

[GNflyby]

Some scumbag in Istanbul Turkey made two ATM withdrawals from my business bank account for $450. Nothing like sitting in the bank all morning trying to straighten it out.

That sucks bro, was the bank able to straighten it out for you?

 

[GNVYUS 1]

Thats pretty scary, how is that even possible?

Oh ya, just placed an order for some parts Mark. Looking forward to spicing up the engine bay again with some BuickGn parts.

 

[granatl]

If you go over to msnbc.com, you'll see a few articles on how OfficeMax accidentally leaked account info with pin numbers, and theives are running rampant generating fake cards and pulling money.
I closed my account with Wells Fargo today, so I didn't get hit.

 

[suicide six]

National City bank on the east side was hit also.You should be able to go after these companys leaking personal info.

 

[TR Custom Parts]

Mine was a Webster Bank Visa debit card. Always make a habit of checking my accounts everday. Was hit about 6 years ago on another card where they were making charges to everything from porn sites to phone services. They only did small amounts that I didn't really notice right away. This one was right in my face for big amounts.

Spent about a half hour at the bank and now my debit card is dead and have to wait for another week to get a new one. Still don't know what the outcome will be as the bank has to do their "investigation". Sure can't afford to lose that kind of cash.

 

[SilverSleeper]

Ive been there.
About 2 years ago I had a ton of charges on my debit card.
What ticked me off, was that the bank made me go after them. They told me I had to contact the companies that the charges were made to and stuff like that before I would get my money back. Debit cards suck for protection against this, the credit card companies are much better about fighting these battles for you. Ever since that, I am paranoid about anything with personal info. I shred everything, or burn it if I can. You never know what someone is capable of.

 

[granatl]

EVERYONE that uses their debit card for purchases should be advised to go to their bank ASAP and have their card re-programmed with a different PIN number. On top of that, it would also be good to routinely go to the bank and get it changed.
The set of articles that I mentioned earlier also strongly suggests you opt to sign your name instead of enter your PIN during purchases (only applies if you have a VISA logo on it, no generic debit cards).
As for getting your money back, VISA has been running an ad campaign for over a year telling us that there's nothing to worry about (Donald Trump in the dumpster, and then the cutie snowboarder).
As a final suggestion, consider opening a savings account that's not attached to the card. Keep most of your funds in savings, until you have to write a check (or take advantage of the bank's automatic insufficient funds transfer from another source).

 

[Lee_Burough]

Similar experience last month....

My mom and I have a joint account (she just passed away this week) and somebody in Spain tried to charge $2,013 on it one day last month....Forutnately, the watchdogs hired by visa noted the abnormal activity and disallowed it until they talked to us. Its happening more and more.

 

[Little6pack]

Cash is King in my book. If I had it..

Sorry to hear of your misfourtune. It seems to always happen to the FAMILY GUY!

 

[TR Custom Parts]

Hard to run an online business with cash only. :smile: This was taken out of my business account. Still no word from the bank on what is going on, the money is still gone.

BTW, this has nothing to do with credit card processing for my site. It is the bank that my money is deposited into.

 

[TR Custom Parts]

Still no credit on those withdrawals and to add insult to injury there are now two service charges on the account for withdrawing money from a bank other than a Webster Bank. Will be making a visit there today as I took the day off.

 

[PaCemkr86]

Hard to run an online business with cash only. :smile: This was taken out of my business account. Still no word from the bank on what is going on, the money is still gone.

BTW, this has nothing to do with credit card processing for my site. It is the bank that my money is deposited into.

LOL.. thanks

 

[Lee_Burough]

Still no credit on those withdrawals and to add insult to injury there are now two service charges on the account for withdrawing money from a bank other than a Webster Bank. Will be making a visit there today as I took the day off.

I'd give serious consideration to changing banks if that it the best theycan do....

 

[jurassic five 7]

instead of just changing banks, keep loads of money in differnet banks. Like have so much in each bank, so some dirtbag can't get to all your money.

Have most in savings, then so much in checking.

I hope this never happens to anyone that has thousands and it gets it all stolen. These jerks need to be shot. If the people in the middle east were actually good people, MAYBE we'd like em. No wonder so much racism is in the world.

To bad we couldnt just kill em

 

[TR Custom Parts]

instead of just changing banks, keep loads of money in differnet banks.

You must think I am rich or something. :biggrin: Don't have loads of money, just lots of bills. :smile:

Good news though. They credited my account for the withdrawals. Funny thing is they did it twice so I doubled my money. :biggrin: Wonder how long it will take them to notice? I should be able to keep it for the crap I went thru.

 

[TR Custom Parts]

Update! Not Good.

After almost 2 weeks still haven't received a new debit card from my bank. To make matters even WORSE, now someone has made a $632 ATM withdrawal from my account.

Another trip to the bank this morning. Ready to just cancel my account at this point but have checks that are coming in for payment. This is getting old!