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Just an anecdote that may not be possible now but in the 90's someone emptied my checking account in Austin with a series of a dozen 2000 dollar withdrawals (wa
by stevenwoo 4y ago
Just an anecdote that may not be possible now but in the 90's someone emptied my checking account in Austin with a series of a dozen 2000 dollar withdrawals (was about to put down payment on house) to cash via drive through lanes at different branches of my bank in a different city (Houston) with a fake ID in the space of an hour or so, that ID had my name with a different photo, gender and different race (there was a drive through photo of the person).
- notsound 4y agoDid you get that money back (I’m not to familiar with financial protections back then)
- stevenwoo 4y agoYes. I was pretty weirded out when my ATM card was rejected for being locked out of my account, and when I went into the bank when it opened the next day, the teller sent me to talk to a bank official, after a little investigation they compared I think the fax of the photo in drive through to me (I remember seeing the person in the car), and made me sign a document saying I was not involved and would help them prosecute the case if they caught the person who did it, and created a new account for me with my money in it after a few days.