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Phantom Cash Machine Withdrawals
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sausage_time wrote: »If these are attributable to Jeremy Beadle, then they most certainly are phantom withdrawals!
or ghostly ones...
OP change your pin number so whomever is making the withdrawals is not able to do so any longer. If you log all withdrawals then it cant be you, unless you have a habit of forgetting the 2nd or 3rd withdrawal of the day.
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For some years I have experienced occasional phantom cash withdrawals from my current account. I keep a record of my spending, including cash so I am sure these withdrawals have not been due to forgetfulness, as the bank suggests and my cash spending balances with the cash I take out. The phantom withdrawal is always from a machine that I have used recently, for the usual amount I take out (£30) and at a similar time of day to my last transaction. I first noticed this when I used the HSBC bank in the centre of Norwich (where I lived at the time) and ceased when I changed to using the cash machines in the nearby Lloyds bank. I have now moved to Sheffield and I experienced the same thing from a cash machine in my local Co-Op store, so I changed to using the machine at a nearby Sainsbury's. And just this week another phantom withdrawal has occurred from a Virgin Money machine at Sheffield railway station. This showed up as Onenote on my statement. I know this is not my failing memory, or a family member using my card or my having mislaid my card and PIN at any time. However, as these are small amounts (£30) each time, I have chosen to write them off and not make a fuss. Has anyone else had this experience?
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