Debit card.?

Question

My checking account was hit 3 times for $80.00, twice in one day, then once a few days later. I was lucky that I check my account every few days and found out quick. The bank told me that someone got my debit card # and was using it as a charge card without my pin number. The bank told me that the money was being transfered to account in Saudi Arabia to a phone company called SAWA, that`s all the information they had. The card company had to refund me the $240.00. I had to close that debit card and got a new one. I don`t know how my number was stolen but I have a feeling that the week before we went on vacation to Virginia Beach and maybe at a restaurant, that`s the only time my debit card was out of my sight. I have talked to other people online that the same exact thing happened to, same amount, same company and always 2 times a day. I was lucky to catch it before the 2nd $80.00 was taken the 2nd day. I would like to know it this happened to them and to tell people to be careful.

Answer 1

I have heard of waiters/waitresses stealing people's credit card numbers at restaurants. It is better not to use a credit card if the waiter/waitress has to take the card away from the table. I guess if you are at a restaurant like that and have to use a credit or debit card you could tell the waiter/waitress that you will follow him/her to the checkout station. That way your card will be in your sight the whole time.

Answer 2

Could have gotten your info lots of ways. There are a ton of clever ways to steal your credit and there are lots of internet sites that talk about how to avoid this. The reason that they were doing rather small amts is that a large transfer would bring notice but small ones often go unnoticed. I check my bank balance daily on line to ensure that things like this get caught right away.

Answer 3

WTF, first the Arabs bomb us, now they are stealing our money!