Over 700,000 customers personal information was stolen from Wachovia, Commerce Bank, PNC Bank and Bank of America. It was stolen by employee's of the banks and then in some cases sold to collection agencies. To remedy the problems 2 of the banks are giving the affected customers the equivalent of a shitty t-shirt in the form of free credit reporting services. The other two banks are giving their customers the middle finger.
WOW, what a deal! I wish I was compromised so I could get the equivalent of $12.95 for free while having someone else putting my whole financial situation in potential dire straights and putting me at the risk of having to go through 10 years of hell when my identity is stolen or my name is run through the gutter.
Commerce bank and PNC bank are not even going on record and denying that there is even the potential for compromised accounts. Glad to see their open with their customers about the potential risks they face.
More than 100,000 customers of Wachovia and Bank of America have been notified that their financial records may have been stolen by bank employees and sold to collection agencies.
In all, nearly 700,000 customers of four banks may be affected, according to police in Hackensack, New Jersey, where the investigation was centered.
So far, Bank of America has alerted about 60,000 customers whose names were included on computer disks discovered by police, bank spokeswoman Alex Liftman said Monday.
"We are trying to communicate with our customers as promptly as possible," she said. "So far, we have no evidence that any of our customer information has been used for account fraud or identity theft."
Wachovia said it has identified 48,000 current and former account holders whose accounts may have been breached.
"The numbers have increased as we continue to receive additional names from police," Wachovia spokeswoman Christy Phillips said Monday.
Both banks are providing the affected customers with free credit reporting services.
So who would want this information anyway? Well here's the answer.
agent Orazio Lembo Jr., 35, of Hackensack made millions of dollars through the scheme, Zisa has said.
Authorities said they discovered the plot after they executed a search warrant at Lembo's apartment in February as part of a separate investigation. They seized 13 computers which contained details about the plan, Zisa said.
Lembo received lists of people sought for debt collection and turned that information over to the seven bank workers, who would compare those names to their client lists. The bank workers were paid $10 for each account they turned over to Lembo, Zisa said.
In New Jersey, continued scrutiny of computer discs seized from Lembo's offices was yielding more names. Investigators have now identified nearly 700,000 potential victims, Hackensack police Capt. Frank Lomia said Monday
Back about 10 years ago Bank of America stole $100 bucks from me. It just magically vanished from my account and even after talking to the manager the problem wasn't resolved. I closed my account and withdrew my money that day. So...
Fuck them I hate them. They chearged me $400 in overage fees and say they cannot give me back that money. This was in a two week span. I asked for 100 back to feed my family and help pay bills. They gave me some stupid scripted response sorry sir blah blah. I hate them
Posted by: Kevin at
June 4, 2005 06:06 PM
FUCK BANK OF AMERICA THEY GET MORE OF MY MONEY THAN I EVEN DO, I FUCKING HATE THIS BANK. OVER A GRAND IN OVERDRAFT FEES IN ONE MONTH, THAT TOTALLED ABOUT 80 BUCKS. F U C K T H E M
Posted by: Mike at
June 14, 2005 05:12 PM
Bank of AMERICA ??? All I ever see them doing is taking money I have been banking with them for the last 15 years and all they have ever done is stick me with fee after fee when will it end??? I had made a deposit of $40 to make my account total $44.00 at the time I deposited the money the ATM said I have $44.00 avalible two days later I deposit my check and the teller said I was overdrawn, So I went online to check what happened and they had taken $100 for a $5,88 purchase and another $33.00 for a $7.00 purchase
all the time I thought I had $44.00 avalible! come to find out the money they said was avalible did not go in till midnight the next night! If this is the case how did I have $44.00 avalible at the time of deposit?? It's a scam!! they want you to think you have money avalible so you can spend and they can fuck you with fuck fees!!!!!! F bank of AMERICA they should not even be able to use that word in their name!! signed fucked for the last time!!
BofA is the WORST bank ever! Not only do they nickle and dime you to death on checking account over draft fees, they will send you THREATENING letters for a lousy $12 overdraft on a savings account! Yeah! I got one of those damn letters where they threaten me with being reported to Chexsystems and claim it will prevent me from establishing a banking relationship elsewhere! So not only do they close your account, they want to impede your ability to do business with anyone else...that's not just a threat that's damn near EXTORTION!!! If this country goes into a 2d Great Depression, it will be the bank's fault for being so damn mean spirted with their mafiosco approaches.
Posted by: maria at
August 27, 2005 10:15 PM
I hate B of A!!!
I exchanged Italian Lire for US dollars in Seattle two weeks before I moved to Italy. They gave me cash, I deposited it to another bank account.
Here in Italy, I paid all of my bills online, and then a week later, I check my balance again, and it's NEGATIVE $800 because of something claled a "deposit adjustment" ... AFTER A MONTH of calling B of A from Italy to find out what the hell this "deposit adjustment" is that caused my account to overdraw (with B of A fees, of course) they finally tell me it was their TELLER in SEATTLE who calculated the exchange rate wrong and gave me the wrong ammount -- AND NOW THEY WON'T REVERSE THE FEES EVEN THOUGH THE ADJUSTMENT CAME AFTER I AUTHORIZED MY ONLINE BILL PAYMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCKERS -- CALLING BACK WITH MY ATTORNEY THIS AFTERNOON.
Posted by: Stella989 at
September 13, 2005 11:58 AM
You definately dont want chexsystems on you report, I had a kiddie account with u.s. bank when I was 11 and lost my a.t.m. card (yes an atm card for an 11 yo) someone faked out an atm with deposit slips, and took 88.00 from the account, we paid it for my loss of the card and chexsystems has a fraud watchout on my credit....I'm 17...... that's fucking B.S.!!!!! I cant even get my adult account at FBofA till Im almost 19!!!!! which is the alotted 5 years of chexsystems bullshit.....
Posted by: Bank of Fucking Mexico at
December 7, 2005 08:10 PM
Bank of America is always raping us in the a55. They are just as bad as Wells Fargo, who also will stick you with fees.
I think we should all boycott big banks, use our local credit unions, and scratch gang symbols into all of the big bank atms. Really deep scratches that say west coast, east coast, devil, crosses.
BIG BANKS SUCK OUR ANUS'.
Posted by: Larry at
November 29, 2006 05:11 PM
FUCK THEM !!!!!!!!!!! I HOPE ALL OF THEM BURN IN HELL !!!!!
FUCKING BANK OF AMERICA ...BANK OF SUCKING MOMOS !!!! FUCK THEM AND EVERYTHING THEY STAND FOR !!!! THEM EVERYONE WHO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS MOTHERFUCKERS !!!! SO CONCLUSION IS !!!!! TAKE YOUR MONEY TO A DIFFERENT BANK AND LETS SAY ALL TOGETHER SO FUCKING ASSHOLES WILL HEAR US !!!! FUCK FUCKING BANK OAF AMERICA !!!!!
Posted by: James at
February 17, 2007 04:46 PM
FUCK Bank of america and the rest of the them... fuck checksystems!!!!!! I'm a pretty nice guy NORMally, but when it comes to THIS; I hope every soul in favor of trapping honest people in this checkfraud protection 'service,' tht they burn in hell and that they all squeal like infant PIGS for all eternity, not just 5 years! Declare War against CHEXSYSTEMS!!!! Don't just sit there GOD Dammit!!! Get up and FIGHT!!! I wish the unabomber would have blown those pieces of shits up!!! I will always wish dismay on them!!! FUCK CHEXSYSTEMS!!!!!!!!! SERIOUSLY GOOOOOOOOD FUCK!!! MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!arrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!
You FEEL me???
Posted by: Paul at
September 18, 2007 01:13 AM
They got me for $300 by placing up to 10 day holds on my paycheck then getting me $35 dollars at a time with overdraft fees for funds that hadn't cleared yet.
Posted by: frank at
February 8, 2008 08:53 PM
Bank of America is only interested in feeding their own greed at the expense of their customers. They have the a banking charge for not maintaining a minimum balance in a savings account. No monthly maintenance fee if you maintain a minimum $300 daily balance or make an automatic monthly transfer of $25 from your Bank of America checking account. Give me a break and let me understand you are going to charge me Bank of America a maintenance fee for leaving money in your bank that you can use and then charge me a fee for the privilege of you holding my money that you can charge interest on by loaning it out to other people? That is rich!
Not only that after having an account that I opened back in the day, 1998 that was a no charge checking account by using the ATM and NEVER having an overdraft the lovelies at B of A changed my account and started charging me 5.95 for the privilege of being their customer, and using MY MONEY! I am sorry but FUCK THEM!
On a less hostile note: they do have some excellent people work for them. I am just sorry that their employer suck dick so much. Fuck them hard in the ass!
Posted by: beppo at
March 15, 2008 07:54 PM
FUCK U BANK OF AMERICA! FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
u guys just SUCKS!!!!!!
i called nearly the dued date of my credit card & a lady helped me pay it through my checking account. she said normally there's a fee, but she wavied it 4 me & said everything is ok. (i was really appreicate her help)
it was just a $20.00 payment
and NOW!!!!!
FUCKING BOA!!!!! FUCK THEIR ANCESOTORS!
the bill stated that "payment returned unpaid"
they charged me $20.00 4 the returned payment & a finance charges of $1.50.
i was shocked when i received my bill today. i called in the credit card service immediately. the lady told me the check returned because that i don't have enough money in my account. FUCK IT. i have $200 something inside. !!!! FUCK u BOA!!!! FUCK U BANK!!!!! FUCK U NASTY BUSINESS!!!!!!!
the lady told me i have 2 go 2 BOA 2 find out y... brabrarara.....i was SO mad. @ the end of the phone call i said "FUCK"! "THANK YOU!" BYE!
so i need 2 go 2 the BOA 2morrow & find out WHY FUCKING BOA RETURNED THE PAYMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i hope they won't give me such excuese!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK YOU BANK OF AMERICA!!!!!! U GUYS REALLY FUCK THE WORLD!
Posted by: Queenie at
May 3, 2008 05:48 AM
i wonder if any of u guys encouter these problems.
1st one:
i really HATE FUCKING BOA's timing system.
such as, pay u payment(online, even in the branch) before E.T. 5:00 PM (my time is 2:00), and besides, if it's weekend, they totally skip the date. even u're paying ur bill online on Sat b4 E.T. 5:00 pm, they won't count it. only MON - FRI.
comparing 2 this, i found out TARGET IS MUCH BETTER!
i never had any problems w/ target since i open my account. when i go 2 the target store 2 pay the payments, even it's @ night, PAST E.T. 5 pm, they count the time u pay.
NOT AS FUCKING BOA! they count it the time u pay only b4 5 pm, not always as immediate payment.
2nd One:
i'm not a financial major, so i'm not sure if all the banks works this way.
just as the problems i mention earlier. the credit card let me call the bank, i wonder if the bank will let me call the credit card service back 2morrow.
FUCK THEM.
i'm really thinking 2 close my BOA account.
i opened it w/ BOA coz it's my house & some friends have accounts w/ them.
does anyone have any suggestion of what bank is good?
Posted by: Queenie at
May 3, 2008 05:58 AM
guys, try 2 search "FUCK BANK OF AMERICA" on the web, u will find thousands & thousands of these key words websites. beside, that's how i found this web.
