[DJ MacWoW]

My landlord has BoA. He went to Poland to visit family. While he was gone, someone requested 2 ATM cards for his account and got them. They cleaned him out. He got home with $50 in his pocket. The bank had closed his account and wouldn't open a new one until Aug 1st. He had SSI and his wife's on direct deposit. To the OLD account. He had bills on automatic pay. To a dead account. He's been going through heck with this. They replaced the stolen money to the new account but what was he to live on for 3 weeks until Aug 1st? $50?

By the way, it's noted on their account for verification that they have Polish accents. The bank claims Nigerians stole his money. Nigerians have Polish accents?

[Steve0113]

Nigerians have Polish accents?

Do you really think BoA employees can tell the difference?

[nina0113]

...what was he to live on for 3 weeks until Aug 1st?

I could actually live on my credit cards for a few months, but I'd hate to do it. I've made a lot of lifestyle changes to pay them down, and there's just one with a balance now.

The thing that freaked me out was not being able to access the cash I do have, and realizing that it really ISN'T cash, it's just bits 'n' bytes in a computer I don't control. I only knew that intellectually until today. Now I really KNOW it.