Post #211028 by mrs. pineapple on Sat, Jan 28, 2006 10:03 AM

Yeeeikes. I need to change some passwords... When I was in college someone stole my new checks from the mailbox, and starting writing checks for hundreds of $$ at mail order places. I never had any money and usually had a balance of about $2.37 in my account, so when I started getting bounced check notices for $1200 and $900 purchases, the first thing I thought was "did I go shopping drunk again?" (that's what I really thought, for a second) And then I realized I did not buy 4 pairs of cowboy boots. I called the bank and they dealt with it. The crazy thing is, that the next week I got my student loan check and if it had been in the account at the time the checks would have cleared, which would have made the whole thing a HUGE nightmare. I got a few calls from the collection agency that the place that took the check hired, and told them the bank claim, police report # and told them they should maybe tell their client not to take checks without ID or at least not ship merchandise until the check clears.