The new year begins, we look ahead and feel hope for the things this year will bring and then... some theiving bastard steals over £500 from your bank account
OK, so they didn't steal my new boots but now I can't afford to buy any and as anyone who's been to any shows with me lately will tell you, I really need some. Duct tape just isn't cutting it anymore.
I just logged onto my internet banking account and found my joint account considerably overdrawn. Looking at the list of transactions I find 4 international Maestro cash withdrawals totalling £540. To say I was angry is an understatement.
i spoke to the bank who will now launch an "investigation" and should they conclude that the transactions are fraudulent they will look at giving me my money back. This could take up to 7 weeks. Apparently my standing as a customer for 13 years is not enough to take my word for it that these withdrawals made in another country somewhere were not carried out by myself.
Last month over £100 was taken from my other account on a card transaction. I am beginning to think that my details may have been sold to someone from within the bank itself. It seems unlikely that someone would otherwise get enough details of both my accounts to make clone cards. Especially as I never use the actual card on the account that they took £540 from as it is only used for paying bills.
In this modern age of security measures and chip and pin etc etc it amazes me that this crap still happens.
Not the start to the new year i was hoping for.
Sorry to vent but just felt the need to share.
Cheers
Darren
