The Stimulus Debit Card Scam (was: I GOT MY $1400 Stimulus Check!)
On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:53:41 -0000, Janet > wrote:
>In article >,
says...
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>> On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:26:04 +0000, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
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>> >On 26/03/2021 18:18, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:09:48 -0600, US Janet >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:14:52 -0400, Boron Elgar
>> >>>> I made a lot of money talking to people who had never heard of a PIN
>> >>>> and were still wary of using one, let alone an ATM.
>> >>> still haven't used an ATM. We don't carry much cash. Don't need cash
>> >>> anymore.
>> >> I pay for gas and the occasional lottery ticket with cash. I do not
>> >> miss it.
>> >>
>> >> I cannot recall the last time I used an ATM. Checks are deposited by
>> >> cell phone app and everything else is done online.
>> >>
>> >I use ATMs to transfer funds from my US banks, to my UK one - it's the
>> >most economical way I've found to do it. Pop the cards into the machine
>> >at my bank, withdraw their daily max, go up to the counter and deposit it.
>> >Unfortunately, the Royal Bank of Scotland closed our local branch, and
>> >the nearest bank is 40 miles away.
>> >That's pretty much the only thing I use ATMs for.
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>> That is a good idea!
>>
>> For some reason, the more online banking is pushed, the more banks get
>> built in town.
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> Not here; I don't think I've seen any new bank branches built in
>Scotland. Lots of small branches (of large banks) closing.
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> Janet UK
That is the logical thing.
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