Shaun_300 Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 This past week there's been a debit card scam going on at Algonquin College here in Ottawa. My brother is in the Police Foundations program there and living on campus. My mom heard about the fraud scam on the news yesterday and mentioned it to him tonight. He checked his account and sure enough $400 was gone! He has called the bank and they're going to put it through as a fraud so hopefully he'll get his money back. I just hope they can catch the scums behind this!!!!:mad: Here's the story... http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/09/17/6787606-sun.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 i hope the bank covers him. they seldom catch these scammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 I had that happen with PayPal! I got my money back and still haven't been able to cancel my account and that is over 3 years ago! Great service from PayPal! I hope your brother gets his money back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 I hope they catch the scumbag and get your brother back his cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Sorry to hear that Shaun. Hope everything works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Sorry to hear that Shaun. There is a good chance the bank will cover it. A little over a year ago I had 4 transactions on my debit card worth about $100 that were fraud. It took a couple weeks, but the bank did get my money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QDMAworks4me Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Sorry to hear that Shaun. Hope everything works out. Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugshooter Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Hope everything gets straightened out. Do they have any leads? If it was happening at a college, I would be looking at someone in either the business office where tuitions are paid, or at the bookstore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 That stinks Shaun. Hope your brother gets his money back and they can catch the low life thieves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doog3 Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 my hubby had his card skimmed too and we kinda had a hunch where it happened we were in disneyland when the bank phoned here and since they couldn't get ahold of us they froze the account and they got 100 bucks but the bank said whoever had skim the card had tried a few times to get more money but couldn't since the bank froze the account, he got his money back in about 48 hrs.they usually never catch the person who did.the bank told us that over 400 people at their cards skimmed when we did .hope your brother gets his money back soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted September 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Hope everything gets straightened out. Do they have any leads? If it was happening at a college, I would be looking at someone in either the business office where tuitions are paid, or at the bookstore. One of the cafeterias had an interac machine go missing the same day all the frauds started. They're inspecting every single machine in the college as we speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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