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On 5 separate occasions Bank of America handed money from my account to a criminal with a fake ID. His signature wasn’t even remotely close to the hundreds, no thousands of signatures that Bank of America has on file for me. They handed him almost 26k one day, and later on that day, another $12,500. Same day.
Since then, I have missed work twice, spent aproximately 20 hours on the phone, email, or in a Bank of America branch. I’ve been given phone numbers and I’ve been told “You gotta call here” only to find out I needed to call somebody else.
But inconvenience isn’t the problem. It’s the gross negligence of 5 separate banking centers. it’s the lack of motivation that Bank of America has exhibited in the past few weeks in giving me my money back. It’s the fact that I have missed several business opportunities because my checking account has dried up and my card isn’t working. It’s the late bills, which will affect my credit.
In the upcoming days, I’ll be writing my story in detail about how my identity was stolen, how my bank account was cleared out, and how Bank of America has handled the situation. People need to know how this bank operates, it’s a huge bank handling a *lot* of your finances.
I’ll also be looking for others who have had similar experiences, and perhaps a few opportunistic lawyers who have the wherewithal to stand up against Bank of America in a class action lawsuit, for being grossly negligent and negatively affecting the lives of their customers.
Stay tuned, as time allows I will be working on getting my money back, and writing about my experiences.
Tags: Bank of America, Class Action Lawsuit, Class Action Lawsuit against Bank of America, Identity Theft
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Lyndon Antcliff Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Sometimes contacting the PR/marketing dept and telling them you practice the dark art of seo and have a lot of influential buddies in the social media world can move things along a bit.
I know someone who had something similar happen and he simply went up the chain and contacted the CEO about his experience.
After that, things happened very quickly.
Johnny 5 Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Sorry about the troubles, Chris. I’ve had BOA for years and they’ve been fine (knock on wood).
Just curious though - why do you have so much cash in a regular bank account? You’re a young guy - you should be taking some risks with the stock market.
Chris Hooley Says:
July 18th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Yo Johny,
I’ll start taking risks in the stock market when there are signs of life. I have some tied up in mutual funds, and it has been shrinking over the past few months.
Bad economy.
David Temple Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:03 am
Chris, I am so sorry to hear about your plight. I always wondered how these scam artist pull this off. I can barely get $20 out of my bank without going through an inquisition. Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.
Vince Says:
July 24th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
that’s crazy dude! of the two banks I work with, NEITHER of them allow more than $2 g’s to come out through the drive-thru and no more than $4 g’s inside with the teller! BoA dropped the ball on that one, but I’m glad you got it all back.
Ann Says:
August 27th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Your story about B of A’s gross negligence, indifference, incompetence or anything else you want to call it is amazingly similar to our story. Keep me in the loop. I too am getting ready to hire an attorney to seek not only specific performance of removing the fraudulent debt from our records, but to seek the most excrutiatingly painful amount of punitive damages! I typically don’t use this four letter word, but I HATE Bank of America.
adrienne Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 2:30 am
Chris,
I just had the same thing happen to me this weekend. The bank failed to close out a card that I had lost over 5 mos ago. Someone found the card and took all the money out of my account. And all the bank could do was say that they would give me a letter of apology. Just let me say that I am currently looking for an attorney to represent my case. I went through the same thing that you were talking about. I went to three different branches and no one seems to have an answer and that now that my creditors are calling i have no other explanation for them other than the bank is giving me only what the people stole but i believe that i should be compensated for all the time off of work and hours on the phone since all this started. all i know is that a letter of apology is not good enough for me. i am def. interested in the class action suit.
Liz Says:
September 17th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I would like to know what happen with this case because i had someone clean out my accounts. I called the bank they told me not to worry they would handle everything and replace my money. They put the money back in my account and then took it back out about 2 weeks later and said there was no fraud on my account and therefore i was responsibe for the money. I am still fighting with the bank and writing letters trying to get this figured out. they are now saying they are going to put this on my credit report because i closed my account with them because i can not afford to pay them that money twice. Today i went and made a deposit of 10.00 today because i do not want this on my credit report. Anyone that has any information on how i can get this settled would be greatly appreciated.
Liz Says:
September 17th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I would like to know what happen with this case because i had someone clean out my accounts. I called the bank they told me not to worry they would handle everything and replace my money. They put the money back in my account and and was going to take it back out they said there was no fraud on my account and therefore i was responsibe for the money. I am still fighting with the bank and writing letters trying to get this figured out. they are now saying they are going to put this on my credit report because i closed my account with them because i can not afford to pay them that money twice. Today i went and made a deposit of 10.00 because i do not want this on my credit report. Anyone that has any information on how i can get this settled would be greatly appreciated.
michelle Says:
October 4th, 2008 at 6:31 am
i just got off the phone with bank of america.i told them that this was the fourth time they did this to me and it was B.S.
i am on S.S.I. and only get somewhere around $500.00 a month and they are giving my money to someone who does not need my money.tell me how i am supost to live when they say my account is over drawn and i cant even pay my rent.