Tuesday, March 18, 2008

What the?!

The other day I was online looking at my bank checking account, balancing my check book and all that fun stuff. I noticed a withdrawl of $40. It stood out to me since I rarely withdraw any amount of money. I just never carry cash around, unless I do a book order at school of course. I spent most of the afternoon yesterday calling my bank and talking to at least a dozen different people that were no help whatsoever.
I ended up driving over to my branch, talking to the manager, who was a wonderful help. Yay! Finally. They found out the withdrawl was made at the Rose Park Branch, okay, yeah, never been there in my life, it's obviously not me. He requested a copy of the receipt, which I called about today seeing if it had come in yet. I was praying that it was just a mistake from the teller typing in the wrong number. Guess what? They couldn't find the darn thing. Isn't that just my luck? Now I get to panic about identity theft.
Now I have to call the West Jordan Police Department, file a fraud report, get a case number, give it to my bank. Then close my account, get a new number, new debit card, order new checks (I just ordered some about a month ago for my new address by the way). I hate the hassle of it all. But on the other hand, I'd rather be safe and not have to worry about having more withdrawls and thousands of dollars taken out.

6 comments:

Jan said...

So frustrating! I feel for you -- how annoying to have to do all that through no fault of your own. But better safe than sorry for sure.

Jori said...

Yikes! I hate how easy it is for criminals to get stuff. You're right it probably is a clerical error but it's better to be safe.

Erin said...

Good luck, it's better to be safe than sorry with stuff like that.

Liz and Dave said...

Yuck! I am sorry to hear about that. That Sounds like no fun. At least you are putting your hands to better care by changing everything. Good Luck!

Emily John said...

Grrr...Damn thefts! I wish you luck with all the "stuff" your gonna have to deal with!

Angie said...

That scares the crap out of me! Good luck with changing everything-such a pain!