Hi, my name is Matt. I recently (today) noticed that I had fraudulent charges on my bank account back in June. I know that this seems crazy, but During the month of June I was working nearly 70 hours a week and was so exhausted by the time I got home that I could usually do nothing but pass out.
Anyways the charges are all in 50$ increments and are all done by Wal-Marts that are not near my location. When I went to the bank they used the phrase "Wal-Mart Fraud" and explained to me that these people will get your information and purchase a bunch of gift cards. What really sucks is that I had about 1,000$ taken from my account during this time. And because money was coming and going so fast from my account I never noticed until today when I was looking to see when my last college loan payment was. My Bank is telling me I have 60 days to report this issue and I will not get a refund. However isn't that a bit wacky? If they KNOW it was fraud without a doubt, shouldn't they have notified me of these charges? Or should they honor it anyways? It just seems so wrong to me that they can just say "Sorry 60 days is up!" Even though they know without a doubt that it is fraudlent. What can I do? is there some kind of appeal, or some kind of path I can take?
Please help I am so sick to my stomach about this issue. Thank you.
Edit: I am From Texas (apologies)
Anyways the charges are all in 50$ increments and are all done by Wal-Marts that are not near my location. When I went to the bank they used the phrase "Wal-Mart Fraud" and explained to me that these people will get your information and purchase a bunch of gift cards. What really sucks is that I had about 1,000$ taken from my account during this time. And because money was coming and going so fast from my account I never noticed until today when I was looking to see when my last college loan payment was. My Bank is telling me I have 60 days to report this issue and I will not get a refund. However isn't that a bit wacky? If they KNOW it was fraud without a doubt, shouldn't they have notified me of these charges? Or should they honor it anyways? It just seems so wrong to me that they can just say "Sorry 60 days is up!" Even though they know without a doubt that it is fraudlent. What can I do? is there some kind of appeal, or some kind of path I can take?
Please help I am so sick to my stomach about this issue. Thank you.
Edit: I am From Texas (apologies)
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