Two days ago, I received a large pack of a banks flyers and leaflets, a bank that I have never dealt with. Just another pile of junk mail I thought and binned it.
Yesterday, in the post arrived a Visa/Debit card for the same bank, complete with my name on it, account number etc. Odd I thought, I wonder what that is all about. A very elaborate mail-shot I thought, and forgot about it...
...until today's post which brought a sealed PIN number for the card, together with a £500 withdrawal ATM limit.
This was now getting out of hand, so I made a call to the bank and explained what had happened and suggested they sort it out post-haste as I had never had an account with them neither did I want one.
I was very rapidly put through to the banks fraud department, the guy who spoke to me apologised profusely saying that hundreds of people all over the country had been victims of a scam,
I responded by saying that perhaps they were the victims if less honest folk took it upon themselves to extract up to the limit of an ATM withdrawal. He said the account actually has a zero balance so that shouldn't happen. I enquired if this had actually happened anyway...after a short pause he declined to answer my question.
PM me if you want to know the name of the bank.
Experience; is something you gain, just after you needed it most.
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
