So I’m currently in the process of moving legallyheidi.com over to wordpress.org. I’m trying to make it all prettified before I send all my readers packing to the new pad but maaann for a girl who calls herself a quasi-tech/geek? I am absolutely CLUE to the LESS. Fret not freaders, I’ll let you know when the move is for realz0r.
But right now? That’s the least of my problems.
This morning I woke up to a happy email from Bank of America…god that bank is seriously the BANE of my existence.
Now for someone who’s generally careful about their bank card, and the like, this SUCKS! Granted, it could be a lot worse, but a couple charges came in online from overseas totaling about $43 which…in contrast to what other people go through? Isn’t…that bad, so I guess I’m kind of lucky. Lucky that someone didn’t entirely eff me over and take my wee savings and bank account balance that was supposed to pay for BILLS (jerkbag). I mean there are people who have their accounts taken for all their worth, thousands of dollars in the negative, having paychecks drained as soon as they’re deposited, with a bank who ignores their cries of fraud losing their money and their identity in the process. There are people who have their identities stolen who have loans for thousands of dollars, credit cards in their names that they don’t find out about until the accounts are defaulted on, until they have creditors banging at their doors with pitchforks. It’s sad really that with our advanced technology that we can’t identify someone who steals an identity that’s not theirs. Of course it’s a double sided sword because it’s that very technology that’s ALLOWING them to do so.
I mean, seriously, I hate that I’m such an optimist. I generally try to see the good in people which usually results in me getting repeatedly effed over by people I thought I could trust. I’ve gotten better about not being so trusting, but seriously? Why are there people who get kicks out of effing other people over. Didn’t they learn in like…preschool that it’s not nice to take what’s not yours? I mean if you know you’re doing something wrong, and that committing fraud is wrong, then why in God’s name would you do it??!!
It pains me to think of how some jerk-off over seas got my card number, especially with all the things online that I do. Should I watch out for my other account? Should I watch out for my credit cards? Should I watch out for my social security number? What if someone is stealing my identity? I’ve had that happen to friends, for as much as I’m an optimist I tend to be an even larger hypothetical worry-wort. The two? Don’t go hand in hand.
But again, at least I a. caught it early, b. didn’t have my entire account drained (although one day later and it could have been because I had that money to pay bills, thankfully I can pay those out of a different one) Still…scary and intimidating and nerve racking and unnecessary stress that I just…didn’t want to deal with today…or any day for that matter.
Have you ever been screwed over by John Doe or by [Insert shitty bank here]??
