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MartiniMan
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Word of warning to my friends on the Forum
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5/23/2012 8:18:03 AM
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Well, several years ago I was the victim of identity fraud and it took me long time (years) to get it totally resolved. As a result, I purchased Lifelock for my wife and I. Well, I have now been subjected to another form of fraud that is even scarier. Last week I was on-line and noticed a bank branch withdrawal from my checking account for $2,500. I immediately texted my wife and asked if she did it and of course the answer was no. She was actually standing in line at our bank (Wells Fargo) getting Euro's for my daughter's trip to Rome. So she told them what was going on. I then looked at my savings account and there were two other bank branch withdrawals for another $5,500 totaling $8,000.
What apparently happened was some thief came into a Wells Fargo branch in New Jersey, filled out a withdrawal slip with my name and account number and got the money. They also apparently had my driver's license number which boggles my mind. I never write checks from that account with my DL number on it but even if I did how does someone withdraw that much money from the same branch on the same day do so without photo ID? I have not gotten a complete explanation from the bank as yet but something tells me this might be an inside job. The guy at our bank that took care of it said heads would roll for this one.
The bank immediately froze the accounts and opened new ones and transferred the money. I will now have to go through a 1-month process to get the funds back (file criminal charges, sign away my life that I didn't take the money. etc).. What is strange is the signature they used wasn't even close to mine. So much for that line of defense. So here is my word of warning, make sure you check your account balances every day for unusual activity. Had I not noticed it the day after the withdrawals they could have wiped out our accounts. Also, I now know that there is one form of identity theft that Lifelock cannot stop. If I do find out where they got my account information and DL number I will let you know but I doubt I will ever get that information.
Of course this is Obama's fault as this kind of crime is obviously a result of desperation caused by a lack of a job.......OK, I am kidding about the last part. This is no one's fault but the dirtbag criminals that stole the money. But I thought I would try the liberal reflexive reaction to crime from the Bush years by blaming it on TOTUS. :-)
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