A few months ago, my darling teenage daughter and her friend had a rip-roaring good time with some of my casino accounts, to the tune of $6200 all together. And before you all say the obvious, no, I'm not some evil "Rhonda" clone - since she is a minor, I do understand that ultimately, this is my responsibility - or so I have been told. I plan to make good on everything she did.
Anyway, I have been making arrangements with the various vehicles she used to fund her little party (my credit card, Citadel, etc.) One of the accounts she used was my Prepaid ATM. I have been a customer there for quite awhile, as has my husband, and we've never had any problem with them. We've been playing online for years. I don't have any problem when losing a deposit to a casino, because that's just part of it, but THIS is killing me.
Today, in an attempt to work things out with Prepaid atm (my bank returned $1100 in charges she made) I was connected to a "John Keeler" who was in the "Fraud Investigations" dept. I read the earlier posts about John Grey's antics and this guy must be his evil twin....the very first words out of his mouth were," Has the sherrif's office contacted you yet?" He went on to say that this was a "Grand larceny felony" in the state of Nevada and that if I "did not pay the full amount today via MoneyGram, that I would be picked up by the sherrif's department and 'extradited' to Nevada (at my expense) and would have to sit in jail until my case was called."
I explained to him that I was TRYING to resolve this with him; I offerred the letter from my bank, signed by the Vice President, confirming that this had been a security breach on my account and had occured while I was not even in town to USE my computer, but that NEVERTHELESS, I was willing to settle it with them. Again, he started with the threats that he had to have it ALL today. No "payment plans" available. Never any mention made as to my letter from the bank and could care less that I didn't initiate the charges. He THEN said he had to ask me some questions for the "authorities"....1.) Would you rather be picked up by the sherrif at home or at work? 2.) Have you ever been arrested before?....and other personal questions designed to scare the shit out of me. (I must admit, he did a pretty good job; I later spoke to my attorney about it, who informed me that this guy was obviously just an "aggressive collector" and to just pay them as soon as I could and have no further dealings with this guy.)
Jeez, I TOLD him I would have the entire amount to them by the end of the week, but that was not good enough. Obviously, this is coming out of my pocket, even though I didn't initiate the transactions. You'd think that there would be some SMALL degree of compassion given the circumstances. Every other place was just grateful that I was willing to cover the charges. This guy has got me REALLY worried, despite what my attorney said. Can they prosecute me if I'm making an effort to pay them off??
Has anyone out there had any similar dealings with PrePaid ATM, or specifically, this John Keeler charachter?
Thanks!
Anyway, I have been making arrangements with the various vehicles she used to fund her little party (my credit card, Citadel, etc.) One of the accounts she used was my Prepaid ATM. I have been a customer there for quite awhile, as has my husband, and we've never had any problem with them. We've been playing online for years. I don't have any problem when losing a deposit to a casino, because that's just part of it, but THIS is killing me.
Today, in an attempt to work things out with Prepaid atm (my bank returned $1100 in charges she made) I was connected to a "John Keeler" who was in the "Fraud Investigations" dept. I read the earlier posts about John Grey's antics and this guy must be his evil twin....the very first words out of his mouth were," Has the sherrif's office contacted you yet?" He went on to say that this was a "Grand larceny felony" in the state of Nevada and that if I "did not pay the full amount today via MoneyGram, that I would be picked up by the sherrif's department and 'extradited' to Nevada (at my expense) and would have to sit in jail until my case was called."
I explained to him that I was TRYING to resolve this with him; I offerred the letter from my bank, signed by the Vice President, confirming that this had been a security breach on my account and had occured while I was not even in town to USE my computer, but that NEVERTHELESS, I was willing to settle it with them. Again, he started with the threats that he had to have it ALL today. No "payment plans" available. Never any mention made as to my letter from the bank and could care less that I didn't initiate the charges. He THEN said he had to ask me some questions for the "authorities"....1.) Would you rather be picked up by the sherrif at home or at work? 2.) Have you ever been arrested before?....and other personal questions designed to scare the shit out of me. (I must admit, he did a pretty good job; I later spoke to my attorney about it, who informed me that this guy was obviously just an "aggressive collector" and to just pay them as soon as I could and have no further dealings with this guy.)
Jeez, I TOLD him I would have the entire amount to them by the end of the week, but that was not good enough. Obviously, this is coming out of my pocket, even though I didn't initiate the transactions. You'd think that there would be some SMALL degree of compassion given the circumstances. Every other place was just grateful that I was willing to cover the charges. This guy has got me REALLY worried, despite what my attorney said. Can they prosecute me if I'm making an effort to pay them off??
Has anyone out there had any similar dealings with PrePaid ATM, or specifically, this John Keeler charachter?
Thanks!