I received a call Friday evening from the Security department of my bank. Seems there were a couple of large charges using my debit card and they wanted to verify if I had made them. They were both at Parrot Cellular and one was over $500 and the other was over $200. Needless to say, I didn't make the purchases. They canceled my debit card and removed the charges from my checking account. So this a.m. I went online and took a look at my checking account. Lo and behold, there's a new charge on there late Friday night in the amount of $241.61 at Parrot Cellular. I immediately called the bank and she advised me to go into the bank on Monday and fill out a claim.
This just has me tied up in a big knot. I am on a fixed income. I get paid once a month.
What I want to know is: how does someone get my debit card number to do this? I've looked at my past bank statements and my debit receipts and nowhere is the number that's imprinted on the card shown on the paperwork.
This has me so scared that I'm considering not having a debit card. I'll just go back to writing checks. I already pay my bills electronically. I will just take out the amount of $$ that I think will last me the month and use cash or write a check.
I've got to go outside and get busy doing something so maybe I can get rid of this big knot in my stomach.
Yvonne
This just has me tied up in a big knot. I am on a fixed income. I get paid once a month.
What I want to know is: how does someone get my debit card number to do this? I've looked at my past bank statements and my debit receipts and nowhere is the number that's imprinted on the card shown on the paperwork.
This has me so scared that I'm considering not having a debit card. I'll just go back to writing checks. I already pay my bills electronically. I will just take out the amount of $$ that I think will last me the month and use cash or write a check.
I've got to go outside and get busy doing something so maybe I can get rid of this big knot in my stomach.
Yvonne