I hate banks!!

[quattrodude]

Well it looks like robing and stealing has gone to a new level now,
i have just spent 3hr on hold and talkin to 6 people from nat west bank about the fact some1 has been using my account to move money around and out of the account (including every last penny of mine).

so now a investigation is under go about who, what and where the money has gone.

the best of it is that im currently working in indonesia and now have been left with no account and no money till i fly back to the uk in a couple of weeks

And all the bank can say is "well we may be able to refund the money if its found to be a act of money laundering or fraud"

What a F*****G joke...

Any1 any ideas how long that might take or suggest anything that can be said or done to speed it up?

Also they think it could have been done via internet banking services, so if any1 has these sevices it is seriously advised that you keep changing passwords from time to time to make it harder to for them to collect ur info.

[Fat Audi 80]

Have you got a credit card you can use in the meantime?

I would check that if you do go that route that you can reclaim your charges back from the bank.

It sounds like they have dropped the ball here, and lost YOUR money.

Best regards and good luck.

Cheers,

Steve.

[93URS4Avant]

Dude,

Children, animals AND BANKS!!!!!!!!!

Your bank should be engaging you with their internal fraud department straight off the bat!
Any suspicious/ spurious transactions should have been flagged by your bank and they should have been reaching out to you. Your bank should be crediting your account immediately as the integrity of your account is thier responsibility. If they start getting the **** - ask them if they are PCIDSS compliant - should raise a few eyebrows. As for internet attacks, you would be startled to understand how complex they are anfd how well they are executed in real time. Keep your passwords safe - and never accept mails from your bank recommending you change submit your name and password as part of a security exercise. Best of luck!

I feel for you mate - you are not alone.

[S2central.net]

Suspect he has been phished or had a bank card skimmed... Especially if out east somewhere on travels - not being racist here - just the reality of a lot of this activity coming from very organised outfits in Asia. Can happen anywhere though. I heard about an ATM machine in Dublin that was setup with a skimmer around xmas 2007 - it fleeced hundreds of people on one busy late night shopping before it was detected.

Banks are a total joke... They screwed up globally big time - all these fatcat investment ******s - so called great economical minds and experts in their field. Its all fallen apart like a house of cards, they get slapped on the wrist, the government bails them out - oh no - my bloody taxes do... And then 2 months later we here a lot of these bankers are still getting bonusses. What sort of sick joke is that.

Then some poor cant who is 6 thousand miles from home gets told his account has been raided and somehow its his fault. When does the revolution start ?

[quattrodude]

Its crazy how you and i can see it but they cant.
the stupidest thing is that the bank did flag up sevral transactions as strange and asked me of the activity going on in my account and i said wo wo i know nothing of it but yet they have let 1 transaction alone of over 1k leave to some1 elses account among many others and also some how have managed to let my account go overdrawn past my limit by 500 quid. and even charged me another 40 for the pleasure of doing so... So wats the point in the limit then??

i do happen to have a back up card and are in the process of tryin to borrow some money via this card so i can hold out, as we speak however i am still no further with wtf is going on and what they are doing about it.

I also keep trying to explain to them i have a morgage to pay in the UK and shoud of done so yesterday however because they have closed my account till further notice that has been rejected and bounced. (and get this for a laugh they have even charged me another 40 quid for rejecting it!!)

its prob best im here to be honest because if i was in the UK now there would be a few less nat west employees if you no what i mean.

[PeteRR]

What a nightmare this sounds. I hope they sort it out for you quickly.

Looks tonight like the French have the right idea.....

[S2central.net]

Things are bad when you start agreeing with a Frenchman

[johne]

Things are bad when you start agreeing with a Frenchman

John

[PeteRR]

Must be!