Tag Archives: atm
- New Computer Virus Commits Post Transaction Attacks On Your Bank Account
When my grandma, god bless her soul, hears about a new scam, fraud or any form of financial trickery she immediately calls me up and warns me to stop whatever I’m doing and take notes. To her knowledge I don’t belong to more than one social media network, I don’t buy items online, I don’t [...]
- Romanian Citizen Busted For $1.5 Million Fraud Ring Of HSBC Customers
Last Thursday it was announced that Laurentiu Ilian Bulat was arrested yesterday for allegedly participating in a fraud ring that stole at least $1.5 million from HSBC customer bank accounts by installing “skimming” devices on more than 40 ATMs in Manhattan, Long Island, and Westchester, New York. According to the Complaint since May 2011, the [...]
- United Way Employee Sentenced To Almost 4 Years In Prison For Stealing Donations
Earlier this month, Dorothy Shields Talbot, was sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to steal over $375,000 in donations from her employer, United Way of Central Maryland. According Talbot’s plea agreement, the United Way of Central Maryland was a non-profit [...]
- Three Plea Not Guilty In Skimming Scam Across Southern New England
Three New York residents were charged last week with an indictment charging them with conspiracy, bank fraud and identity theft offenses related to an alleged participation in an ATM “skimming” scheme across southern New England. Gabriela Graham and two citizens of Turkey, Mehmet Aydin and Ahmet Cilek, were each charged with one count of conspiracy [...]
- $78 Million Mortgage Fraud “Dream Home” Scheme Owner Convicted
Andrew Hamilton Williams, Jr., was convicted last week in Maryland of fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to a massive mortgage fraud scheme. The scheme, entitled “Metro Dream Homes” promised to pay off homeowners’ mortgages on the homes of their dreams but instead left them high and dry. According [...]
- Is Bank Of America Taking Advantage Of The Unemployed With Debit Card Fees?
The state of South Carolina and Bank of America have teamed up together to administer unemployment benefits to South Carolina residents. Unemployment benefits used to come in the form of a check but are now being issued in the form of a Bank of America prepaid debit card. Bank of America claims that it’s good [...]
- Food Stamp Fraud Results In 5 Years Of Prison
Talib Kadhim of Connecticut, has been sentenced to 15 months of prison and three years of supervised release for one count of food stamp fraud for defrauding the Food Stamp Program out of $94,049.59. Apparently, from January of 2008 until March of 2009, Kadhim fraudulently redeemed food stamps for cash and other ineligible items at [...]
- ATM Fee Disclosures. How Are ATMs Doing With This?
I saw a story that mentioned all ATMs should now be displaying prominent fee alerts in accordance with federal law. As I sat here and read the story I could recollect that my bank had some sort of notice on it’s ATM about fees but wondered how ATMs in general were doing on this. So [...]
- I’ve Been Using My House as an ATM Machine. – Jeannette
Jeanette wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]
- ATM Machine Dispenses Little Gold Bars On Purpose
Seriously, an ATM that takes your cash, and soon credit cards, and dispenses little gold bars. @GetOutOfDebtGuy
- I Started to Get Into Debt at 19. – Jon
Jon wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]
- I’ve Said It For Years, a Debit Card is Not as Safe to Use as a Credit Card
The Consumerist site had a great story titled “Why Do Lenders Want You To Use Your Debit Card Like A Credit Card?” in which they brought up the issue again about the differences between a credit card and a debit card. Debit cards have invaded our lives and they are pushed like crack by our [...]