I got robbed

I was in town on Friday morning, on my day off, and tried to get some money from the ATM but couldn’t. I texted a colleague to ask if he’d got his salary yet and he had, so I went back home to check my bank statements, which I hadn’t done in a while.

I found out someone in the
Dominican Republic had been drawing money from my account, between June 19 and June 25. They did this until the account maxed out, robbing me of a little over 2,000 euro.

I called the bank
and was told my card had probably been ‘skimmed’. Criminals tamper with
ATM’s to scan your card when you use it, and use a camera to record
your pin code. It probably happened at the ATM in my street. I was told I should cover my fingers with my other hand whenever I punch in my pincode in future.

The
bank cancelled the card and started a ‘case’, in which they investigate
the matter and contact the bank in the Dominic Republic to ask for
camera footage, etc. I was told to go to the police to report the crime
and then hand in a copy of the police statement to my local bank branch. Which I did, after I had a good cry.

Apparently I will get my money back eventually, as the bank are insured against this kind of thing, but I’m sure this will take ages.

In the meantime, once I get a new card, I’ll have to dip into my savings to get by this month. And hope not too many bills come in while the account is still empty. Needless to say I am wishing hell and damnation on the entire Dominican Republic.

The next day I clicked a wrong file and then spent most of the day trying to rid my computer of the most persistent malware I’ve ever come across, it took ages to find the right fix.

So, how was your weekend?

29. June 2008 von Caroline
Categories: Personal, Various | 1 comment

One Comment

  1. flygirl says June 30, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    Kutterdekutterdekut zeg! Wat een stelletje…debielen! Criminelen! Debielinelen! Als je krap zit en ff wat wil lenen kan dat altijd hoor, laat maar weten. Godallejezus, wat een kloothommels :(