conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

I'm so sorry to hear that, Tripp. I hope your bankers are very reasonable and VERY quick about the refund.

Oy! And this isn't the first time? All gone? Like, cleaned out the checking account?!

The closest I've come to this was someone using my credit card number to rent cars in places I'd never been. I got the money back for that.

This is the second time in four months. The second. Yeah. Oy.

did they close your account last time and open an entirely new one? Or, did you just get new cards with new numbers?

Maybe look into getting an entirely new account.

They just changed the numbers. The last fraud was in Mexico City. So, they are branching out. I am hoping not to have to get a new account for the two of us. We share it. What a mess that would turn out to be!

-Tripp

That's terrible. Having been the victim of fraud before, it sucks.

I also went to school with Elizabeth Kostova. Just a sidenote.

Um...$3,880.59...holy shit.

FWIW, it's not really any bigger deal to close a joint account and open a new one, than to do it with an account held by one person. As long as you can both be there to sign the documents, it's not that much of a mess.

Our branch manager is a good guy and had all the paperwork ready for me to sign. New card on the way. We will pay no overdraft charges etc. And he says that changing the account will make no difference here. It is not about the account but about the card. He put out that fire right away.

Good guy.

oh my goodness! shit is right. so, so sorry this happened to you again. how are they getting your card number? and is the money being taken in one fell swoop? we had our number stolen and the bank fraud detectors called on a Saturday morning to ask if we had made certain purchases. the guy had only bought about $500 in pizza, porn, and car parts. the bank gave us our money back in less than 48 hours, and they did catch the guy who did it- he was stupid enough to use his address for the car part delivery. it wasn't the first time he had done prison time for this. but when it's international, i don't know what authorities can do?

sorry to hear that tripp. if it's any consolation, istanbul is a great city. it's worth going, even if just to look for your cash.

So, um, anyone know the exchange rate?

1 Turkish lirasi = about 70 cents U.S., according to Google.

The things you can find out online...

That's 5,505.71 in New Turkish Lire.

Oh man ... sorry to hear that. Glad to know your bank was good about working with you.

And yes, sometimes "shit" is the only word that works . . . and maybe a few others.

Hope you can sleep tonight.

Gee. I was hoping for a much better excange rate.

That's tough stuff, friend. Ask your bank to help you figure out how this happened twice. It may be that if you look at your charge/ATM recrords for the 7 days preceeding the hijacking, you may see a group of common charges/withdrawals that could point you toward a fraud ring.

Obviously, let John or me know whether you are in the hole after the bank and the insurer do their thing. Good luck.

Tripp, I'm so sorry this has happened again - that's an awful feeling!!!

I don't believe this!! This is one of those "Why to do bad things happen to good people?" moments. Ugh. Ummm, I guess you can find some consolation in the fact that while you'll be dancin' with St. Peter up in Heaven, the jerk(s) who did this will be screamin' for an air conditioner. Yeah.

What Megan, Jorge, Ref and Kate said.