Woke up Monday morning to our checking account missing roughly $1000. So I called my husband, since it was our anniversary, and asked him if he had purchased some kind of extravagent gift! Nope, not that. Called the bank. All they could see was a cash withdrawl for $286 and some odd cents. hmmmm. neither of us had taken out that money. So I waited until Tues, thinking that was some bill I forgot I paid or something.
Tues morning, I got online, and saw 2 identical withdrawls, each for nearly 500 dollars, but it was odd amounts, then the 286 withdrawl, all in a row, then foreign exchange fees, totalling about $1200.00. All cash withdrawls in MEXICO. Cash withdrawls, at ATM's in the same city.
So I called our bank immediately, got a freeze on the card (it was my husband's card). Here's where it gets weird: he still HAS this card. He went to the bank, put the card on the counter, and said "how can I be withdrawing money in mexico, when I'm making a purchase at Lowe's in Ohio the same day??? Don't you people have some kind of protection against that????
I can see using credit card numbers for purchases as fraud, but we, AND the BANK are baffled as to how these people are getting CASH. They tried to take another $500 out AFTER the freeze was put on his card, too, so that shows it wasn't us!! Geez.
Anyhow, we have our dispute in with the fraudulent claims dept, and hope to get our $$$ back. Just freaky and weird and SCARY. We buy a LOT online. Was it stealing the card # online? Or someone taking his card # down at a restaurant? Don't they need a PIN # for cash withdrawl?? (bank statement says "PLUS Withdrawl, location____ Vizcaya, Mexico"
Any help, knowlege, would be helpful.
Don't worry, I'm not drinkin through this! Was AF yesterday. More befuddled than anything!! Little pissed too>:
Thanks,
Bec
One of those "that won't happen to me" things
I know---there are worse things. That's why I'm holding steady here, just want to make sure nothing else happens. Hubby has called all the major credit bureaus and put a hold on any new lines of credit.
Tues morning, I got online, and saw 2 identical withdrawls, each for nearly 500 dollars, but it was odd amounts, then the 286 withdrawl, all in a row, then foreign exchange fees, totalling about $1200.00. All cash withdrawls in MEXICO. Cash withdrawls, at ATM's in the same city.
So I called our bank immediately, got a freeze on the card (it was my husband's card). Here's where it gets weird: he still HAS this card. He went to the bank, put the card on the counter, and said "how can I be withdrawing money in mexico, when I'm making a purchase at Lowe's in Ohio the same day??? Don't you people have some kind of protection against that????
I can see using credit card numbers for purchases as fraud, but we, AND the BANK are baffled as to how these people are getting CASH. They tried to take another $500 out AFTER the freeze was put on his card, too, so that shows it wasn't us!! Geez.
Anyhow, we have our dispute in with the fraudulent claims dept, and hope to get our $$$ back. Just freaky and weird and SCARY. We buy a LOT online. Was it stealing the card # online? Or someone taking his card # down at a restaurant? Don't they need a PIN # for cash withdrawl?? (bank statement says "PLUS Withdrawl, location____ Vizcaya, Mexico"
Any help, knowlege, would be helpful.
Don't worry, I'm not drinkin through this! Was AF yesterday. More befuddled than anything!! Little pissed too>:
Thanks,
Bec
One of those "that won't happen to me" things
I know---there are worse things. That's why I'm holding steady here, just want to make sure nothing else happens. Hubby has called all the major credit bureaus and put a hold on any new lines of credit.
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