I do not speak Hebrew

Nor have I ever been to Richmond Hill, NY.

But yet, they managed to post 2 charges to my Visa Checkcard account for $16.04 each.

According to my bank, my card was physically swiped on 3/01/05 at the Hebrew Academy of West in Richmond Hill, NY. The charges were then posted to my account on 3/9 and 3/10.

This is obviously fraud. What scares me the most is that the checkcard has direct access to my checking account. Thankfully I have not seen any more fraudulent charges on my account. I have heard that sometimes thieves make one or two small charges to see if you notice before they go for the kill.

The bank has acted very quickly on this. They have reversed the charges temporarily and they have closed my account and opened a new one. In the meanwhile they are going to ask the school for the card receipts that I supposedly signed. They will either be unable to reproduce them or they will be signed by another name or maybe even with my name with an incorrect signature.

I’ll post any more updates as they happen.

Posted by david at 10:12 am | Permalink |

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