I just got a robo call from Wank of America...

[dogknob]

... informing me that there was a problem with my ATM card... something about "internal security"

I didn't pay much attention because I have NEVER at any time had an account with them. I have been a credit union member for over a decade.

On a somewhat related note, I did go into their downtown San Diego branch with a friend the other day so she (who also does not have an account with them) could send some money to a friend. On the kiosks where you get your paperwork together before an audience with the teller, there was a big basket of SUCKERS! (Bwahahahahaha!). We both laughed out loud at this. When I audibly noticed that the calculators provided at the kiosks did not have enough digits to do some simple math such as dividing the $75 trillion in derivatives BofA just dumped on the taxpayers by 300 million (approximate population of the US), a dwarfish woman in a power suit lurched out her office and leaned against the wall, arms crossed, to see if we were going to start any trouble. Aside from informing the teller that we wanted to withdraw $75 trillion dollars ("just kidding, we want to send one of your customers $40"), the only trouble we caused was our nearly non-stop laughter until we were out the door.

The air smelled so much better once we were outside.

[hobbit709]

1. I doubt it was them. I'd bet on a scam.

[dogknob]

2. It didn't matter if it was them or not...

Either way, of course it was a scam.

[hobbit709]

3. It's like those Rachel/Heather calls from Card Services.

[yoyossarian]

7. No, the suckers have been there for about a month now.

I don't bank there, but I have a friend I send money to from time to time.

Oh, wait... you meant the call, didn't you?

Emily Litella voice: Never mind. :)

[Quantess]

4. Nigerian scammers, no doubt.

[yoyossarian]

5. There's NOTHING funny about money!!!

ESPECIALLY funny money.

So... stop making fun at once! Fun is NOT fun!

:rofl:

[WinkyDink]

6. That was not BoA.

[gratuitous]

8. I got a spam e-mail

My non-existent Bank of America account is in terrible danger, but if I go to this special website, all will be well. It wasn't Banko America, obviously, and I'm all for giving them as much grief as possible. But in this case, and in the case of my bogus e-mail, it was some thief looking to dupe a credulous person. The reason the scams persist is that every now and then they hook someone.

[RebelOne]

9. I am a Bank of American customer and I received a call

left on my voice mail that there was suspicious activity on my account. I didn't pay any attention to it until I tried to use my debit card and found it had been blocked by the bank. So that call was for real.