Scammer swipes $1M from metro Atlanta business owner by posing as her bank
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Published 2024-05-01
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All Comments (21)
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It was a very bad decision to remove the Glass-Steagall Act in the late 1990s, which led to the spectacular failure of huge banks during the financial crisis of 2007–2008. To prevent another disaster, Dodd-Frank and this statute both need to be reestablished right away. What happened with Wells Fargo is only the beginning of what will happen if nothing is done to address the current situation.
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First Red Flag: The bank doesn’t call you, you call them.
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Always call the number on the back of the card or go to the bank in person. If they’re calling, you don’t answer the call. Just go to the bank.
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There is immense pain in losing a large amount of money but to garner courage to speak about it says a lot about the person’s great character.
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The scammer had to have worked at a bank, or had learned the system from a bank employee.
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10 wire transfer's draining their account in just one hour and their bank didn't think that was suspicious? The bank is criminally negligent for not flagging the account for such unusual activity.
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If they call you and it involves money, IT IS A SCAM. I haven't answered the phone in years. If they say they are with the bank, tell them, "Say no more, I'm coming down there and we shall discuss this in person."
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How does a bank allow 12 transfers in 1 hour without the system flagging the account?
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I feel very sorry for that family! I’ve been telling my family over and over, if you ever get a call from your bank even if the banks name is being displayed, disconnect that call and you can call them back to see what is going on!
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They did this to a friend of mine while he was battling cancer and he died a month later!! Took all of his money while he was dying.
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A reason to have an account at more than one bank.
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These are inside jobs. They need to stop allowing wire transfers unless the customer come into the bank and request it .
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They need to seriously do something about these scammers! This is ridiculous!
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The takeaway, never answer bank's call, call the bank yourself.
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This is why you don't answer calls you don't know. How simple. You call the bank yourself. Lord this has been said 100000 times. You don't have to be educated. Omg!
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This lady is the reason we all get flooded with scam calls. They know one day they'll catch a big fish stupid enough to go along with it.
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My bank has never called me, even when a fraud I had experienced. Never give code numbers never Hang up, call the bank, wow
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There's a special hell for people who so easily destroy people's lives.
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I alway tell ppl to watch the news because of this!
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Don't call me, I'll call you.
