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Online Gambling Site Scam
My ex and I have a joint account with BOA. Unfortunately, he confessed that he used $2700.00 for online gambling, before I knew about it. I checked online and found multiple account transactions from a company called web-support24.com. I called Bank of America and was advised that it was for some sporting goods, construction materials and home furnishings. There are also some international transactions on our account. After discussing this with my ex, we decided to contact the bank. I spoke with them and advised them of the situation that my ex allowed the online gambling site www.bodog.com to charge the card but not the online merchants reflected on our statement. As per the fraud analyst, there's nothing they can do about it because we allowed the charges and that the online gambling company only used the online merchants as frontline to receive monies from our bank. I am debating with them to get our money back because of this. Again, the transactions reflected on our account are from online merchants not from bodog.com. Is there hope of getting my monies back?
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 Based on the scenario you have laid out, I would agree with the bank that the transactions were authorized. You'd like to say that the name making the withdrawal was not the name you expected and that should be an issue, but regardless of the name, the transactions were authorized. The bottom line is that you'd like to get back the money your spouse gambled away, but why should the bank have to pay that to you? The bank won't get it back from an offshore and potentially illegal (at least in most of the U.S) gambling site. Your spouse went to the site, your spouse authorized transactions, and your money is gone.
Published on BankingQuestions.com 8/07/09
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