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MichiCANE

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I will preface this by saying this is extremely off topic, but I need some advice. So, about 3 weeks ago, $2650 went missing from my bank account via a venmo transaction I did not authorize. It looked like somebody hacked my venmo (which was directly linked to my bank account) and paid themselves. I called my credit union, and got the money refunded, no big deal.

So, today, almost $2500 went missing AGAIN from via a Venmo transaction that I did not authorize. This time, it is from my debit card. Obviously I want to report it, but I'm not gonna lie... it seems a little weird that this would happen twice, and I don't want to be investigated for something that I didn't do, ha.

The strangest part about it all, is that this has happened since my older brother has moved in, within the last couple months. My brother is a complete mess right now, so I'm not saying he would do anything like this but... you never know I guess.

I want to report it to get my money back, but if, per say, my brother sent himself money, I don't want it to look like I sent it to him, and I am just reporting it. Has anybody ever had a few transactions like this, where money ends up missing? Any advice from CIS? Lol
 
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Talk to your brother, explain that you've experienced fraud on you account twice in the last two weeks. Ask if he's seen anyone messing with your account. Ask if he's sure he doesn't know anything about it, because you need to file a police report. Give him the option to come clean before things escalate.

Then do what you gotta do to get your money back. If he was involved, give him a chance to pay you back and make it right. If he wasn't then all good.
 
CAT5Coming said:
Talk to your brother, explain that you've experienced fraud on you account twice in the last two weeks. Ask if he's seen anyone messing with your account. Ask if he's sure he doesn't know anything about it, because you need to file a police report. Give him the option to come clean before things escalate.

Then do what you gotta do to get your money back. If he was involved, give him a chance to pay you back and make it right. If he wasn't then all good.
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I just feel like its weird that this happened twice, would probably raise red flags. I'm just being paranoid more than anything, I hope
 
the red flags here is how much you need to develop some basic life management and critical thinking skills .... if not you
are in for one **** of a rough ride, Grasshopper.
 
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CAT5Coming said:
Talk to your brother, explain that you've experienced fraud on you account twice in the last two weeks. Ask if he's seen anyone messing with your account. Ask if he's sure he doesn't know anything about it, because you need to file a police report. Give him the option to come clean before things escalate.

Then do what you gotta do to get your money back. If he was involved, give him a chance to pay you back and make it right. If he wasn't then all good.
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This.

Also, do you have a password code set up to get into your Venmo?
 
I'm really very sorry.... I only do this type of thing when I'm intoxicated.

BUT the good news is that I do "plan" on paying you back when I get back on my feet in small installments.

BTW can you give me your NEW pin code so I can start repaying you?
 
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MichiCANE said:
I will preface this by saying this is extremely off topic, but I need some advice. So, about 3 weeks ago, $2650 went missing from my bank account via a venmo transaction I did not authorize. It looked like somebody hacked my venmo (which was directly linked to my bank account) and paid themselves. I called my credit union, and got the money refunded, no big deal.

So, today, almost $2500 went missing AGAIN from via a Venmo transaction that I did not authorize. This time, it is from my debit card. Obviously I want to report it, but I'm not gonna lie... it seems a little weird that this would happen twice, and I don't want to be investigated for something that I didn't do, ha.

The strangest part about it all, is that this has happened since my older brother has moved in, within the last couple months. My brother is a complete mess right now, so I'm not saying he would do anything like this but... you never know I guess.

I want to report it to get my money back, but if, per say, my brother sent himself money, I don't want it to look like I sent it to him, and I am just reporting it. Has anybody ever had a few transactions like this, where money ends up missing? Any advice from CIS? Lol
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Money doesn't just end up missing. The first report, the credit union has already turned it over to its loss recovery section, if it is your bro, he is likely going to be getting a call. Real scammers have that ish being wired to Hawaii or some obscure bank with no way to trace. If your brother is living with you and on hard times, I doubt he had the knowledge and connections to run this scheme and he would be transferring it to his own bank right down the road.

Also, sign up for a free trial at life lock etc. If it is not your bro, then your ish is def hacked and it will just keep occurring.
 
MainLineCane said:
I'm really sorry.....BUT the good news is that I do "plan" on paying you back when I get back on my feet in small installments
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See, that wasn’t so hard.

Good thing your brother didn’t listen to all the machete-wielding maniacs in here before you had a chance to apologize.
 
MichiCANE said:
I will preface this by saying this is extremely off topic, but I need some advice. So, about 3 weeks ago, $2650 went missing from my bank account via a venmo transaction I did not authorize. It looked like somebody hacked my venmo (which was directly linked to my bank account) and paid themselves. I called my credit union, and got the money refunded, no big deal.

So, today, almost $2500 went missing AGAIN from via a Venmo transaction that I did not authorize. This time, it is from my debit card. Obviously I want to report it, but I'm not gonna lie... it seems a little weird that this would happen twice, and I don't want to be investigated for something that I didn't do, ha.

The strangest part about it all, is that this has happened since my older brother has moved in, within the last couple months. My brother is a complete mess right now, so I'm not saying he would do anything like this but... you never know I guess.

I want to report it to get my money back, but if, per say, my brother sent himself money, I don't want it to look like I sent it to him, and I am just reporting it. Has anybody ever had a few transactions like this, where money ends up missing? Any advice from CIS? Lol
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why do you care how it looks? Did you not change your password? Just delete the app
 
Work with your bank and venmo. They have forensic teams that deal with fraud cases.
 
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