On 12-24-07 at 10PM someone stole $618.00 from my checking account through ACH withdrawal. The payment was made to AT&T for $618.00.
(I have no AT&T accounts) And all it took was having 2 pieces of information, my checking account number & the bank routing number, both are printed on your check. This information is used in various ways to initiate fraud. What happened to me, the perpetrator used my bank account & routing numbers to initiate a payment for goods or to pay a bill by making a phone call and giving MY numbers to the desired vendor.
So whoever you WRITE a check to, has your account number & routing number, and can do this to you, its just that easy. After closing TCF account & going to another bank, I asked if they could BLOCK ACH withdrawals, but the bank said NO they cannot block ACH withdrawals. This is one scam, I had never heard of, & no one is really talking about it. I did get reimbursed from TCF but it took many weeks & they have no "customer contact" fraud number. TCF did not pay for my checks, that I had to repay because of this.
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