^ this is what i was going to say to watch out for. if you frequent the same resturant its always easy for the cashier to snap a quick pic or write down some numbers if they take your card to the back
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Fraudulent charged on my BofA debit card.
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^ this is what i was going to say to watch out for. if you frequent the same resturant its always easy for the cashier to snap a quick pic or write down some numbers if they take your card to the back
Thanks, I just hate using credit cards for reasons, but I may start doing that and just paying them off once a month.
There are good peeps out there. Here's a quick story for all you Vets! Way back when I was in college I used to bartend....paid my way through school, but always had cash. Well one day I had like $1600 or so in my wallet as I was to pay that semesters tuition the next morning. I must have dropped my wallet in the parking lot of the college apartment complex I was living in at the time and had no idea. I had just gotten out of the shower when someone knocked on the door. This guy holding a little girl handed me my wallet (thank God I had my current address on my DL). Anyways, I was stunned. Every penny accounted for. I tracked the guy down as I had to meet this guy and give him a few bucks for his integrity. He was an Army guy on leave from Afghanistan. 
About a year back I had my debit account at Wells Fargo cleaned out. What was strange is that they did it through a series of cash withdrawals rather than by using it as a Visa card.
The only place I'd used it in the last week or so was at my local branch's ATM, and when I went by to talk to them, the manager and I walked out and found a skimmer built right into their machine. A really good one too, it matched the ATM slot perfectly.
They put the money back in my account within 20 minutes, and I had a replacement card when I left. I noticed the next week when I stopped by they also had a brand new ATM installed.
The only place I'd used it in the last week or so was at my local branch's ATM, and when I went by to talk to them, the manager and I walked out and found a skimmer built right into their machine. A really good one too, it matched the ATM slot perfectly.
They put the money back in my account within 20 minutes, and I had a replacement card when I left. I noticed the next week when I stopped by they also had a brand new ATM installed.
My debit card has been hacked three times. 2 times for small amounts 1 timme for substantial change. One of the small charges was for 49.50. The bank told me that this probably means that it was random, because charges under $50 don't require verification.
The large hack, I'm pretty sure a hotel stole the number.
The large hack, I'm pretty sure a hotel stole the number.
I had the same thing happen to me for $426 from nike.com and a $749 charge with Walmart.com, but I use Chase. This was the 3rd time my account with Chase was hacked, we dropped Chase and switched everything to a different bank.
Debit card 4 times in 2 years. 1st was a $1500 computer from best buy in Washington state. One was $100 for pizza from Domino's in orlando. Suntrust makes good, just got to wait a week for a new card. Credit card, one time for over $3k in goods, but it was traced back to a waitress in a restaurant that I ate at in Dallas 2 months earlier. That took about 3-4 weeks to get cleared up.
Debit scammed once. CC many times. So far "I" have bought designer luggage from Eddie Bauer, plane tickets to Turkey (LOL, ****hole vacation I reckon), rented a large tour bus in Guadalajara, a PC at Best Buy in FL and for some reason many times I've been hundreds of miles away but still managed to buy $125 worth of fuel (it's always $125) in Dahlonega. Always Citibank. Only Citibank.
