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So...I could quite easily kill someone
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:07 am
by Gareth
Got a letter from a betting company last week thanking me for opening an account...disregarded it as junk mail.
Checked my account today. Some fcuk has withdrawn £900 from my account via this betting company!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:10 am
by Rich H
Sh!t mate, thats not good. I take it that you have reported it to the bank and the betting company?
Did you win?
That would annoy mister scammer, to have all his winnings dropped back into your account!
Hope its sorted soon
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:15 am
by Gareth
Everything cancelled and suspended.
Arghhhhhhh
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:24 am
by GregR
I'd like to see them try that with me... All of £70 in my account (tops) at any one time!
Sorry to hear that G - get on to the bank pronto and ask them how this could possibly have happened
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:50 am
by ed
Back luck G, but good luck getting it back!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:31 am
by k12chu
sorry to hear that G. get in touch with the betting company and try to trace down the source from where the account was created
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:34 am
by skellyjohn
I had a similar experience 2 years ago. My account had £1800 taken out over 3 months. Taught me to open my statements rather than throw them in the drawer. It was the bank that contacted me as they noticed 'unusual activity' on my account.
The whole lot was paid back into my account within 24 hours. I was asked to fill in a fairly straightforward form and that was the end of it. So hopefully you should be ok.
That was with Lloyds TSB.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:07 am
by jj
b1tches. Any idea how they managed it? Online banking details snatched somehow?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:19 am
by k12chu
check ur paypal account and see if the transaction was made thru them
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:28 am
by Gareth
Well strange thing is, the funds for my new bike from Edinburgh Bike Co came out the same time!!
Off to check paypal
*Paypal is fine
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:32 am
by jj
Funny that. It does often happen at point of sale.
Few months ago, one of our business credit cards had a whole lot of stuff bought on it - flights to New York, TVs. Its only ever used for fuel (75% of the time from the same petrol station) and it turned out that someone there has been making a habit of it.
Its too easy for them!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:31 pm
by The_Rossatron
Harsh luck Gareth
I had £900 taken out of cash machines in Glasgow when my card was safely in my wallet. The bank should sort it out pretty soon unless you are with HBOS who are a pile of wank, who said it would be 6 weeks before the would consider giving me MY money back.
Someone from here advised me to email my complaints to the CEO by guessing their email address. I did and it was sorted out the next day!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:37 pm
by Gareth
I've also been told 4-6 weeks!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:48 pm
by Dominic
Gareth wrote:I've also been told 4-6 weeks!
Who do you bank with?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:00 pm
by Gareth
Bank of Scotland