hope everything works out... good luck!

 

Sorry to hear about your loss. Have you tried calling again to see if anything can be resolved? You must have definitely called your wife already in Spain to let her know what's going on, right? Unless your wife bought $12,000 worth of stuff. I hope all goes well. Just about a week ago I was also a victim from fraud.

I usually keep no more than $100 on my check card (everything else in my savings) to prevent myself from overspending. And last week, I noticed three unauthorized ATM transactions, and I'm thinking to myself, WTF. So I called my bank to report what's going on, and they said it came from my check card. I told them that wasn't possible because I never let anybody borrow my card, and nobody knows my PIN. The bank says to call back a few later after all this has been reported so I can get my money back. I called back a week later and the representative said that at one location where I used my checkcard, someone was able to copy the magnetic strip, along with a nearby hidden camera to get my PIN. So with all the info needed from me, whoever had it was able to take out money from me, and caused me to overdraft like crazy. The representative also said that the FBI was investigating this situation as I'm not the first victim, and that the pattern was the same - several transactions were being made at 7-11 stores (there are no cameras watching their ATM machines). I was pretty pissed throughout the whole week, but now I'm just glad all my money and fees were refunded.

Be careful you guys, just make sure you cover your fingers with your other hand when entering your PIN number!

 

Don't listen to them Steve. If it were done under the debit then it'd be gone, but that's limited to 300 bucks/ day in atm. So they had to use the credit card/debit card part. Someone did that with my wife's card. Since it requires a signature and ID, it becomes not her fault and they should replace the money.

There should be a 24 hours customer service line to take care of that problem.

What did they buy with it? The people that stole my wife's card, among other things, rented a hooker.

 

I dont know about all check cards, but my bank says that they dont have protections for them since im actually using my money and not takin it from a credit line. Good luck.

 

Your bank isn't BoA is it? I remember walking up to the ATM about a month ago and saw a warning sign that had a picture of an ATM with a small device attached to the slot where you insert your card. The small device looked like part of the ATM but actually was attached by thieves who put it there to read your magentic strip and the device also contained a small camera to record your pin number. It looked pretty high tech and matched the ATM perfectly. You would have thought it was part of the ATM. The only thing that would give it away was that the slot was sticking about 2 inches further out. Crooks these days.

 

WTF?! you can rent a hooker with at CC? Where does she swipe it!?!

 

debit card fraud is easy. Its very common now and youd be surprised who does it, your local cashier grocer, your starbucks cashier, your walmart, I've read some cases and these kids making min wage just college a bunch of these card #s and your info or your check #s and sell them to a person waiting out in the parking lot.

 

It was used at an 'escort service'

 

Steve, keep us updated on what happens. I'm curious to hear what your bank does about this. Good luck..

 

Damn that sucks Steve
Hope your able to get the funds back some how