$3,300 Drained From Wells Fargo Account After 72-Year-Old Falls for Notorious Scam – Why the Lender Is Refusing To Reimburse

A 72-year-old man is pushing for reimbursement from Wells Fargo after falling for a scam hitting bank account holders across the country.

According to ABC 7 News, Tracy Jeffords received a text supposedly from the toll fees payment platform FasTrak after a journey to San Francisco.

Convinced the text was genuine, the Lake County, California resident entered his debit card details to complete the payment.

But a day later, Jeffords received an actual letter from FasTrak saying he owed the toll fees payment platform money. It was then that Jeffords checked his bank account only to find that more than $3,300 was missing after a purchase on eBay was made using his debit card information, according to the report.

ABC 7 News cites Jeffords saying,

“It made me feel terrible. And the thing is, it’s going to happen to somebody else.”

The Lake County resident disputed the charge with Wells Fargo but the trillion-dollar bank has so far refused to reimburse. His attempt to dispute the charge with eBay has also proven unsuccessful.

According to an expert contacted by ABC 7 News, getting reimbursed for fraudulent debit card purchases is harder than for those made using a credit card. Jeffords has nonetheless vowed to fight on to get his money back, according to the report.

He tells ABC 7 News,

“It’d be everything to get it back, because it’s a lot for me. You know, I don’t work.”

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