Unbelievably quick theft!
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Yesterday I lost my wallet. I last saw it at approximately 12:45. When I realised at about 13:30 I didn't have it I checked the app on my phone to see about freezing my cards.
£900 gone in 30 minutes! I can't believe that some thieving git could stumble upon my card and then spend £900 before I realised it was gone!!!
Anyway, I rang the bank and blocked the cards and then had a look at the pending transactions. The first was a test purchase of £10 then a number of other purchases totaling the £900 all made to b365. I did a bit of googling and it transpires that b365 is the transaction code for Bet365.com. I rang them up and explained the situation and they confirmed that deposits in my name had been made and with my card. They couldn't tell me anymore because of data protection blah blah.
They did tell me that the money if withdrawn would have to go back on the same card as it came from and that they would freeze the account the money was deposited to so hopefully I will see it again. If not I hope the bank will sort it out.
Unbelievable!
£900 gone in 30 minutes! I can't believe that some thieving git could stumble upon my card and then spend £900 before I realised it was gone!!!
Anyway, I rang the bank and blocked the cards and then had a look at the pending transactions. The first was a test purchase of £10 then a number of other purchases totaling the £900 all made to b365. I did a bit of googling and it transpires that b365 is the transaction code for Bet365.com. I rang them up and explained the situation and they confirmed that deposits in my name had been made and with my card. They couldn't tell me anymore because of data protection blah blah.
They did tell me that the money if withdrawn would have to go back on the same card as it came from and that they would freeze the account the money was deposited to so hopefully I will see it again. If not I hope the bank will sort it out.
Unbelievable!
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