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So onward, I took a couple days off this weekend to visit some family in South Texas. I was excited to head down there, even the 500 mile drive wasnt  bad when you have the beautiful state of texas as your partner in crime... but now speaking of crimes, let me tell you what happened to me.

Friday morning, my first real day down in the Valley of Texas, I get a call from my bank, Wellsfargo. They left a message and wanted to ask me a few questions about my account.. on some "suspicious activity". I thought, surely this call is in reference to the gas i pumped in San Antonio, the bar last night in McAllen and the fact that I had just dropped it off at the hotel to pay for that...

So I called them back, got an machine, asked me to punch in my debit card number, which I had handy of course. I was about to leave the hotel and head into Mexico for some food and shopping. A day trip... which I still ended up making and that was crazy on its own too, I'll post of video of that up later, once I get it all uploaded.

So back to the bank call...The first charge that's read to me said..."A debit charge for the amount of $2,830 and some cents"

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You can imagine how my heart dropped. Of course I hadnt spent 2 grand on hotel or at a bar that day/night. I couldnt believe what I was hearing, it started reading all these other charges and some that had been declined. I was transferred to a real person and she explained to me that there was a card present at these transactions that were made in the Dallas area. She said my debit card had been counterfeited. I had just become a victim of counterfeited card fraud or skimming.

I was in shock, all these things run through your head when? where? why? Am i gonna be out of this money? Cancel my card quick! I didn't hear all the other smaller charges and by smaller i mean in the hundreds. The ones that first stood out were some made at a certain popular fast food chain. First for the amount of $9.17... then $20, then $40. Even numbers at the same location. Ironically i'd been to a similar fast food joint the weekend before. Not the same location these purchases were made of nearly $100 dollars. Made me curious. In fact, im almost sure this fast food joint (rather some employee ) is directly involved with my debit card being skimmed.

My card was canceled, I was on "vacation" without a debit card, the bank there didn't have temp cards and it felt as if my hands were tied. It really sucked. Really sucked knowing someone, somewhere, took my card, stole my debit info and handed it back to me with a smile and wished me a good day.

So with that I leave you... PLEASE.. please be careful where you use your card, who you hand it to, keep your eye on it at all times and if you're suspicious of the place, just use cash. I was always super cautious with mine, so careful of where I used it and here I thought this one place was decent. Its a major fast food chain! I hope the bank resolves this and finds the people that are doing this in this area. I'll let it be known my counterfeited card was first used in the City of Garland, I havent been in that area in some months. Be very very careful with your private info and bank accounts.

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