Fraudulent bank charges?
Posted Sunday, January 10, 2010 by admin
My fiance and I have a joint bank account. We have ONE debit card, in his name. I keep track of all purchases made. I leave enough in the account to cover the bills, since that is the only thing we use the account for.
Well, last October, we received a charge for $4.95, which came out by surprise and I was charged a $17.43 overdraft fee. The charge listed a website, some online ebook website. I called the bank, and they told me to call the company. So I called the company (which is based it LA) and it was a message machine. I sent an email also. I never gave out any more information that my name and email address. They returned an email saying they have given me a refund, which they had. Also, my bank refunded the $17.43 overdraft charge. I emailed them back asking how they knew WHO and what ACCOUNT to refund-never got a reply.
Then I bought a gift off gamestop.com, and it automatically enrolled me in some “Reservation Reward” program for $12/montly. Surprise Charges!
I called Reservation Rewards and got it cancelled and a refund.
Then just a few days ago, I got another charge from a company listed as GAMMA, which provided a telephone number and was based in TX for $9.25. I searched up the number online, and called the number but everyone gets a messaging machine. It does not state the business or anything.
All of these were charged from the debit card (without a pin number needed).
What should I do?
I have several things that come out of my account monthly by automatic draft (like insurance and such). Would I call them to change it over to the new account?
But all of my auto charges come out within 3-8 days… could everything be changed over before then?