Dollar Tree
"SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Hundreds of customers at Dollar Tree discount stores have reported money stolen from their bank accounts due to unauthorized ATM withdrawals.
The Secret Service is leading a major investigation into the allegations, which arose from stores in Carmichael, Modesto and elsewhere. The Secret Service offered few details about the case, but one spokesman said "it's big."
A Dollar Tree spokesman also would not comment, but stated, "We are cooperating with local authorities in this situation." A Dollar Tree store on Manzanita Avenue in Carmichael is believed to be one location in the West where a suspected fraud operation has resulted in customer financial data being stolen and used for theft.
One customer claimed that after shopping at Dollar Tree, her ATM account number and PIN number were somehow stolen and then used to take $700 from her account. Her bank, Golden 1 Credit Union, reported that about 30 customers have reported similar thefts. A Dollar Tree store in Modesto is being investigated after 150 customers reported money taken from their accounts after shopping at the store. KCRA 3 has learned similar data thefts occurred at a Dollar Tree store in Ashland, Ore., during May and June.
The Secret Service would not comment on whether other Dollar Tree stores are involved. Authorities are looking at how thieves managed to get the data stored in the magnetic strips on customers' ATM cards.
In Oregon, Medford police report that theft occurred between the point of sale and the bank, with the information intercepted possibly by a theif's use of a wireless laptop computer. Officials said theives take the data and then produce new ATM cards, allowing them to withdraw cash."
To this, I say, "Hellooooooooo, people, you're shopping at the DOLLAR TREE. Where they sell everything for a DOLLAR. How the hell do you think they keep the doors open? They have to empty the rest of your bank account while you're not looking!"
Seriously, just shop at Macy's, where they steal your money up front. And I hand it over gladly . . . I love Macy's!
On an actually more serious note, I think I should start just withdrawing a certain amount of cash every week and living off that -- 'cuz I use my debit card everywhere, every day. I might as well just post that information on my blog!
The Secret Service is leading a major investigation into the allegations, which arose from stores in Carmichael, Modesto and elsewhere. The Secret Service offered few details about the case, but one spokesman said "it's big."
A Dollar Tree spokesman also would not comment, but stated, "We are cooperating with local authorities in this situation." A Dollar Tree store on Manzanita Avenue in Carmichael is believed to be one location in the West where a suspected fraud operation has resulted in customer financial data being stolen and used for theft.
One customer claimed that after shopping at Dollar Tree, her ATM account number and PIN number were somehow stolen and then used to take $700 from her account. Her bank, Golden 1 Credit Union, reported that about 30 customers have reported similar thefts. A Dollar Tree store in Modesto is being investigated after 150 customers reported money taken from their accounts after shopping at the store. KCRA 3 has learned similar data thefts occurred at a Dollar Tree store in Ashland, Ore., during May and June.
The Secret Service would not comment on whether other Dollar Tree stores are involved. Authorities are looking at how thieves managed to get the data stored in the magnetic strips on customers' ATM cards.
In Oregon, Medford police report that theft occurred between the point of sale and the bank, with the information intercepted possibly by a theif's use of a wireless laptop computer. Officials said theives take the data and then produce new ATM cards, allowing them to withdraw cash."
To this, I say, "Hellooooooooo, people, you're shopping at the DOLLAR TREE. Where they sell everything for a DOLLAR. How the hell do you think they keep the doors open? They have to empty the rest of your bank account while you're not looking!"
Seriously, just shop at Macy's, where they steal your money up front. And I hand it over gladly . . . I love Macy's!
On an actually more serious note, I think I should start just withdrawing a certain amount of cash every week and living off that -- 'cuz I use my debit card everywhere, every day. I might as well just post that information on my blog!
posted by PlatinumGirl at 12:28 PM
1 Comments:
if people buy so much stuff at the Dollar Tree that they need to use an ATM card, they have problems.
You could by a life-size replica of the Last Super, 12 stainless steel spatulas, 56 boucy balls, 32 black, plastic combs and 5 gallons of extra strenght household cleaner and still not need to break a $20.
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