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dixiegrrrrl

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 04:41 PM Apr 2022

I need DU help to solve a (possible fraud) mystery [View all]


We go to the grocery store once a week, same day of week. get a load of groceries, spend about 140.00.
Pay with debit card, get a few bucks back. Regular as clockwork.

Come home, and I enter the receipt amount into the $$$ program on the computer, same day so I won't forget/lose receipt, whatever.
Bank statement comes middle of month, I balance the account.

This time I happened to notice a grocery store debit, on the same day, for TWO withdrawals. One was in amount I had entered, the other, 150.00, no receipt for.
I know for a fact it wasn't our shopping.

called the store, mentioned possible fraud, they instantly checked their till records, and said that sale was not in their records. Hmmm..

called the bank, told them...store,dates, no record at store.

They said to come in, and immediately said they would re-issue new card, and put the amount back into our account. ( good local bank).
So problem correctly solved.

except...WHO took the 150.00? How did it end up being on our statement when it did not show on the store totals?
the bank seemed not all that surprised, they had instant response, and they are not talking. Which I can understand for obvious reasons, that they don't wanna share security info.

But...any dear DU Sherlocks....who got the money, and how?....





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People have these machines nowadays Haggard Celine Apr 2022 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2022 #2
UPDATED TO CONFIRM dixiegrrrrl Apr 2022 #3
Somewhere I read advice not to have debit cards bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #4
Assuming they somehow got the number dixiegrrrrl Apr 2022 #5
So the origin of the false charges are outside the store bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #7
FDIC deals with damages/refunds dixiegrrrrl Apr 2022 #15
but how is the charge 'spoofed' to the grocery store stopdiggin Apr 2022 #6
the bank was very tight lipped. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2022 #14
You just made me think dixiegrrrrl Apr 2022 #19
Similar thing happened to me, and took a while to figure out the scam. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #8
You made me remember... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2022 #12
$150 is a big error in your recent situation. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #17
Hmmmm....that's a possibility. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2022 #13
Yes exactly. Lots of new, young, inexperienced cashiers. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #18
Should be reported to the police. It may be happening to others. Tomconroy Apr 2022 #9
I'm also unsure, Corgigal Apr 2022 #10
but the charge is showing up as the grocery store stopdiggin Apr 2022 #20
Thought OP said there were two $150 charges?, one valid Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #22
the grocery store did not show stopdiggin Apr 2022 #23
Ya not sure what "till records are". If just the cashier records Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #24
and you and I BOTH agree stopdiggin Apr 2022 #25
I'm not surprised. A few months ago I received notice Fla Dem Apr 2022 #11
off topic... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2022 #16
Yes, this was done as a angry reaction with no thought. Here's a thread I found very informative. Fla Dem Apr 2022 #21
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