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The bank told her today that up to $3,000 could be withdrawn.  I suppose
they have given some automatic line of credit.  Her slips from the bank all
say daily maximum $1000 so the theives took out $1000 before midnight last
friday and the same early saturday morning before their shopping spree.

<kchase@kchase.net> wrote in message news:38924e78.9124360@news.onr.com...
> Something is wrong here, even debit cards have a max per day that one
> can withdraw.
>
>
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 01:50:49 GMT, "Yoogi" <yoogi@home.com> wrote:
>
> >Debit card Fraud
> >
> >My wife had her wallet stolen from her purse last Friday while riding on
the
> >bus.  Somehow they reached in the bag and took out the wallet.  She just
> >found out about half an hour ago that one bank is holding her responsible
> >for more than $2000 in charges on that debit card.  Her bank account only
> >had $520 in it but the crooks made fake deposits for more than $10,000
and
> >thousands in withdrawals and charges.  It is so hard to believe the bank
has
> >told her she will be responsible.  Their only reason given is that her
pin
> >number was connected with some other numbers on her driver's licence,
i.e.,
> >some combination of numbers using her birthdate and address.
> >
> >She reported her visa stolen within and hour.  She understood the debit
card
> >and the credit card were linked and especially since there is no listing
in
> >the phone book for lost debit cards didn't panic.  The CIBC Visa person
even
> >indicated she could relax because there had been no charges made to her
> >cards!
> >
> >It was not until the next morning when she could get through to the
police.
> >They suggested reporting the debit cards missing and my wife went to the
> >bank as they opened in the morning.  She arranged a meeting with the
manager
> >for Monday.  The manager told her not to worry and that she would do what
> >she had to do and get back to her within 24 hours.  (24 hours later she
said
> >it would be Friday morning at the latest.  My wife left a message for the
> >manager just before Friday noon but didn't hear back from the manager.
At 4
> >p.m. she called again and this time spoke with the manager.)
> >The manager said her bank balance was now minus $2400!  There was nothing
> >she could do but would try to see if they could catch the crooks!  So she
> >loses the $520 she had in the bank, all the bogus money the crooks
deposited
> >and took, and even the paycheck that she deposited Monday just after the
> >manager told her everything would be OK.  Unbelievable!
> >
> >The next unfortunate thing is that her paycheck will be automatically
> >deposited on Monday and the bank will probably suck it up causing her
rent
> >check to bounce.  (Of course the bank will probably say they will give
her
> >overdraft protection or a loan or something.)
> >
> >Any suggestions for remedies?  I was thinking of some kind of letter to
the
> >newspaper or something or perhaps some strategy that might achieve
positive
> >results.  After all it was not a specific condition of the debit
cardholder
> >agreement that she could not use her year of birth as a PIN.  In fact 4
of
> >10 people I recently asked also used their year of birth.  If it was a
> >condition they should have told her more clearly and cut out the crap
about
> >how they monitor your cards for fraud or unusual activity.  She never
took
> >more than $200 at a time in the past 5 years and suddenly there are
> >thousands all in one night!
> >
> >Please help.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>