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Rolly

Mar 14, 2011, 12:53 PM

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Bank of America ATM puzzlement

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I am getting bizarre reports from both Scotiabank and Santander ATM machines.
They report that I have over $100,000 pesos in my BofA account.
When I check with BofA online, it tells me I have just what I think I have,
not anything like the ATMs are reporting.
Both Mexican banks insist that their numbers are correct, which of course they are not.

Have you had this kind of problem with your BofA card?

Rolly Pirate

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(This post was edited by Rolly on Mar 14, 2011, 4:06 PM)

chinagringo

Mar 14, 2011, 1:10 PM

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Re: [Rolly] Bank of America ATM puzzlement

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Bank of America has been experiencing ongoing problems with their online banking for a couple of weeks. Could be related to that?

Secondly a group of hackers today released embarrassing email docs re: B of A. Wouldn't be any surprise if their system has been hacked in retaliation:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/...hide-mortgage-error/
Regards,
Neil
Albuquerque, NM

CanuckBob

Mar 14, 2011, 1:59 PM

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Re: [Rolly] Bank of America ATM puzzlement

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Well Rolly if it happens to be more than what you think then start withdrawing as fast as you can............

Bob
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Kimpatsu Hekigan

Mar 14, 2011, 3:19 PM

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I just had the same thing happen to me when I made a withdrawal from my Bank of America account at a ScotiaBank ATM machine a couple of hours ago. The "current balance" amount was wildly inflated compared to what BofA reports when I log in to my account on-line.

For fun I began playing with numbers, using my account balance in dollars and today's US$ --> MX peso exchange rate (11.8942 via Yahoo! Finance). I found if I multiplied my balance as reported online by BofA by that exchange rate figure, and then multiplied the result by that exchange rate figure AGAIN, the second result came within 10 pesos of the amount reported on the ATM receipt as my "saldo actual". Coincidence?

I suspect this is a bug in the software that runs Mexico's ATM network, but it certainly could be on BofA's side, too...

FWIW,

-- K.H.

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After enlightenment: Chop wood, haul water.

Rolly

Mar 14, 2011, 4:15 PM

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Re: [Kimpatsu Hekigan] Bank of America ATM puzzlement

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Yep. You nailed it. Thanks.

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NEOhio1

Mar 14, 2011, 8:10 PM

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I've been watching BOA online carefully because I did have that same thing happen twice since last week.

mexliving

Mar 15, 2011, 8:43 PM

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i had 426.97 dollars in my bank of american account today... went to scotia atm and took out 3,000 pesos....

i was shocked and happy to see saldo anterior 25,341.98 and after withdrawal... saldo actual 22,341.98 i thought hmmmmmmmmm did i get a refund on something???? i was going to go back and take out as much money as i could before the mistake is fixed.....lol