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- Feb 22, 2012
I was traveling internationally once and there was fraud of my card and the bank had to shut off usage of that card.
Man, a few years ago, I got hit by massive fraudulent charges that made me overdraft by $800 (No idea how BOA didn't decline any of them...) I had just gone through a financial rough patch at the time, and now I had no money at all. It took me 2 days to get my money back, so in the meantime I had to drive to my parents' place to borrow money and a credit card to pay my rent and be able to get to work. During that whole time I was wondering what the hell I would've done if I wasn't so lucky to have parents nearby that could help out.
It's easy to say "Who cares, you'll get the money back anyway" when you're privileged enough to be covered by other means, but someone who was worse off than me could've been evicted and/or fired in those two days.