My wife checked our bank account on line and found a charge for $4.93 that was not in the check book. The charge was made by Brenda and Associated using phone number 352-350-7634 but no address was available threw our bank. As we went to the bank to dispute the charge I was informed that there have been people coming into the bank all day due to these fraudulent charges from this company name as well as others.
KHQA did a report on it and that is why we checked our account to find that the charge was just made about 5 days ago. We went to bank and canceled our ATM cards, changed out bank account number and filed fraud papers with the bank. We then went to the police station where there was a line of people waiting for the same reason. The guy in front of me was taken in 7 transactions for a total of $1,700 and the lady behind me was taken in for almost $300 under 3 different transactions.
The way it is happening is that they hacked into a major department stores computer system and lifted the ATM numbers. They make an initial transaction of $4.93 to make sure you have money in the bank then they start using your ATM number on line. There were transactions at Toys R Us and Wal Mart as well as stores like Meyers and Bass Pro Shops as reported to me by other victims that I was in line with. If you don't catch the first transaction they will hit you until your account is empty.
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