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How can I get fraud adjustment from Wells Fargo after calling them?

I've been working on an issue with (formerly)Wachovia/Wells Fargo on a fraud issue for quite some time. A few months after I started banking with Wachovia, I was called by some company claiming to be part of the bank offering fire insurance.

I'm a renter, and I didn't really need the fire insurance or quite believe that they were with Wachovia, so I declined. After a while, I started receiving mail from these people with agreements for an ongoing policy. Sure enough, I was charged by the following company on my checking account:

"NUF IPP INS"

Look them up, it's a known issue for them to somehow pull funds without permission. How did they get my info so quickly?

I never signed anything with them, so it was strange how they got my info. Wachovia gave me the paperwork to report the fraud, the payment were returned, and it was taken care of. During the paperwork, more charges came through, and they were handled as well.

A few months passed with the issue handled, or so I hoped. Suddenly, I was getting letters from Wells Fargo. I had heard of the bank, but never banked with them because they weren't in my small town. The bill was huge, a few hundred bucks for some kind of overdraft.

I knew this wasn't right, because I had a few thousand dollars in my account. After checking things out, I discovered that there was an overdraft protection account attached to my checking account that I didn't sign up for. Started up fraud report process again and sent my direct deposit elsewhere.

I took extra care to check my balance. Even though I had plenty of money, I didn't want to get caught up in overdraft due to fraud again. Which was near impossible due to even my few bills.

This morning, my Better Business Bureau complaint was closed. Not sure if it was by Wells Fargo or if it was the BBB's limit, but I'm a little frightened here. I have Wells Fargo admitting that fraud happened, but they still want me to pay money on it. The balance is getting up to $5,317.29 now, and this isn't money that I spent. It isn't some overdraft where I spent more than I had, fraud pushed me to that limit.

Where do I go next? I feel like Wells Fargo is ignoring me, and their customer support says that I need to speak to the Executive Office. However, they don't have the Executive Office's number. People are telling me to get an attorney, but I want to know exactly what I'm doing here. Is there anything I need to look into first? It's my inexperience talking here, but attorneys seem expensive to me.

If there's something I can do to shake some reason at Wells Fargo and at least get them to look at the fraud problem, I'd be fine with that. What do I do?

Update:

It gets even more strange. After the Wachovia to Wells Fargo merger, my Wachovia account information was "gone" according to Wells Fargo customer support. They only had access to a "credit card" in my name, which I was told was the overdraft line of credit for around $2200.

Some of it was mine, as I did make purchases during the confusion, so I paid what I owed. The situation was taken care of by finding old payment information, and I went about repaying my debts.

The balance jumped up to over $5,000. At that point I stopped and said no more. Wells Fargo still couldn't find my Wachovia information (including my previous fraud reports), and they simply wanted me to pay. I filed a Better Business Bureau complaint and credit fraud report with Experian due to my lost info.

Thankfully, I have the fraud reports documented and showing that Wachovia returned some of my money. The Wells Fargo Executive Office denied any knowledge of the fraud reports and said

Update 2:

The Wells Fargo Executive Office denied any knowledge of the fraud reports and said that my Wachovia information was unavailable until my second response, where they were able to find a few fraudulent charges.

Update 3:

Go with the flow: Exactly. I never did get that answer. There's the few guesses of thrown away letters, documents left open on desks and all that. I can tell you that I'm careful with my documents, and that I'm a fairly secure person, but that can be argued all day.

The fire insurance company introduced themselves as Wachovia representatives, and my local Wachovia branch said it wasn't them. Googling that "NUF IPP INS" brings up other people with similar stories.

It's just so frustrating. Mostly because even when I show Wells Fargo the information, they say they have nothing to confirm it against (Re: Not being able to find my Wachovia documents until the BBB report).

I'm trying to handle this at the lowest level possible, though. I'm not poor, but...I'm afraid of getting legal help and just being told NO again with another bill.

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  • 8 years ago
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    If I had a problem that had been dragging on for months, and wasn't getting anywhere, could potentially cost me thousands, and I was in a position to afford a lawyer... I would be getting a lawyer!

    Trying to handle this at the lowest level isn't really working, is it? Is it not far past time to get some legal help involved so this can be settled?

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    How can I get fraud adjustment from Wells Fargo after calling them?

    I've been working on an issue with (formerly)Wachovia/Wells Fargo on a fraud issue for quite some time. A few months after I started banking with Wachovia, I was called by some company claiming to be part of the bank offering fire insurance.

    I'm a renter, and I didn't really need...

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    4 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    And how did these people get your checking account or banking info?

    This is the part that you need to figure out.

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