Wells Fargo dropped the ball. Banks are supposed to have measures in place to prevent wire fraud. But the golden rule is never wire money to someone you don’t know. Period.
Not the banks fault if people fall for scams. I get texting, I get emails etc…. from scammers trying to scam me, they just want your personal information. I just delete them.
How did they drop the ball? You want the bank to question you every time you touch your account? This was unfortunate for the couple. I’m sure they were panicking at that point, but if they stopped to think about it, the bank can do it themselves if they made a mistake. There is no need for them to ask you to do it.
In today's times when you make a mistake it's always the Bank's fault. Maybe the Bank should cut you off doing any transactions electronically. Had made you come down to the branch, bring your pictured Id, S.S. card, and a birth certificate with it notarized stamp. 🤯🤣 Maybe you need to hire someone to manage your money.
Of course not, and it’s also not up to me to save you if you are trapped in a burning car. 🤦🏽♂️ You “go it alone” Americans are so obnoxiously brainwashed into thinking other people shouldn’t look out for each other.
Yes it is if you care about people. I retired early from Wells Fargo because of witnessing employees steal and company don't care. If you're heartless you won't ask. Especially an elderly person. Which were my favorite clients.
Why didnt the couple call the bank first?? If a large amount was deposited in my account that wasn't "mine," I would call the bank first and right away. They would then confirm this was a transfer from my savings to my checking. Then I would say OK but I didn't authorize it
Yup. That's a FLAG that someone got into my account without my knowledge or permission. If someone put $5.00 into my account and I don't know how, I'd trace it to see who and why? You don't know if that $5.00 deposit becomes a withdrawal or transfer of your whole balance in a few days.
💯 BINGO! 💯 A responsible person would take that very action. A gullible person would do what this couple did. They will not see that money ever again. Another harsh lesson learned the hard way. Do your due diligence before trusting random scammer phone calls. SMH
Imagine an adult blaming other adults for not stopping them from doing something extremely stupid 😂 This was greed - plain and simple - they thought they were coming up on $2000 and got scammed for 68000 instead. Did they approach the bank about the mistaken "70,000" - nope.....did they ask wells fargo how the man knew who the account belonged to vs just being a bunch of wrong numbers - nope Greed
@@compactcow 😂 that's exactly what I would of done. Would of waited for a certified of mail letter stating the mistake. Then I would of hit up the customer service line and went from there. 😊
@Everything is fine No they weren't- they fully understood it to keep 2000 "for their trouble" and never asked the bank of there was even a mistake made
The couple allowed the scammer to connect to their computer remotely. There are many websites that allow remote connecting. Scammers on the other end can only manipulate the account but can't literally take money from it. They either change the HTML script on the screen to look like money was added or they transfer funds from the savings to the checking. They obviously didn't see their savings was missing money and focused only on the checking balance...but they also can change the HTML os the savings to make it look like those funds are there. It's very sneaky. And what's sad...I can't trust any Indian or even Philippino accent on the phones anymore. Anyway...a simple refreshing of the page would reset any HTML changes. It's hilarious hearing how mad the scammers get. Look up scam baiter videos
Wouldn't it be a major plot twist if the scammer was the son? Who else is more likely to have credentials to their elderly parents' banking accounts? Answer: adult children.
Thats why you check both accounts before doing anything. Also you call them. Even though they call you. Jusy tell them youll call Wells Fargo customer service.
coming from a bank whose employees unauthorizingly (my word) opened up new and ghost accounts in existing customers names, just a handful of years ago, and settled (from suit) publicly
A Scottish definition: A corporation is a way for individuals to avoid personal responsibility. If this was the case of buying a car, and the car failed, the franchise would cover it. This franchise should cover it. Wells Fargo earned a bad reputation when they opened in this city and were gone in over a year.
Not the bank’s responsibility to limit or check reason for the transaction. Could be buying a car, sending it to a child of theirs, investment. If it were something serious and the bank delayed the transfer. Then people would be complaining the bank screwed up their lives I that manner. People need to be responsible for themselves.
Greed for the $2,000 is what got them. They figured the $70,000 was there when the proper way is to report the unauthorized receipt immediately to the bank and advise them on how to handle. I once had a large sum of money deposited and a week later a mistake was discovered and it was reversed. Though this was probably not a scam and an error, similar tricks are used by scammers.
THEY ARE WITHHOLDING A LOT OF INFO HERE. MONEY DIDNT JUST "SHOW UP" IN THEIR ACCOUNT. THESE PEOPLE ALLOWED A SCAMMER TO CONNECT TO THEIR COMPUTER, TOLD THEM TO LOG IN TO THEIR BANK ACCOUNT...GIVING THE SCAMMER ACCESS TO EITHER CHANGE THE HTML ON THE SCREEN TO APPEAR LIKE MONEY HAS BEEN DEPOSITED OR THEY TAKE MONEY FROM THE SAVINGS AND MOVE IT TO THE CHECKING. BUT THESE PEOPLE ALLOWED A SCAMMER TO CONNECT TO THEIR COMPUTER TO INITIATE THE SCAM
Yeah and the moment the bank starts asking you what you are doing? Who are you wiring funds to? Etc., then you get the response, "'Its my money Mr. banker. Quit being nosy and intrusive."'
People need to watch Scammer payback and kitboda and share with relatives, especially elderly This is a common scam. And Wells should train employees better.
How was the scammer able to hack into this man's account to transfer money? That is the bank's fault, not the customer's fault. Bank should be liable. It is in the bylaws banks aren't responsible for anything when things go wrong. Banks fail all the time in the US, and get bailed out by the government
@@environmentalnews6040 definitely all banks have flaws, not surprised he was able to hack into the account. Hopefully they get their money back bc that's just horrible scamming anyone especially if they are old...
What happened was terrible and I'm sorry to hear it, but for God's sake, take responsibility for your own actions! Do you want to blame the teller... the lowest person on the bank's totem pole, for not doing your thinking for you?
In the uk when people pay for things online the bank asks for your approval before you give the money especially over a certain amount which to me is a good idea because you have go approve the transaction before you pay if your young its easy just approve via the bank app but id expect its hard for older people who don't know how to use a cell phone
This is different. Wire transfers require paperwork to be filled out. There are fees involved. There are legal steps to follow. It isn't point and click. This moron legally sent money to another party. He was expecting to get $2000 for sending the money "back".
I guarantee the people who blame the bank for allowing them to get scammed would also be the same ones complaining if the bank put additional security measures in place since America is all about FREEDOM! 😅
Wow really let's just blame everyone else except ourselves. It's so much easier than taking responsibility of one's own action. I have heard this kind of warning that decade after decade. I am still surprised that some people are caught off guard by something this basic. What are they living under a rock of ignorance? I myself tell my parents if you feel that something's not quite right before doing anything. I asked them to call me 1st to get an outside perspective opinion. Not that hard to do.
yes, on top of these types of incidents being publicized - especially over the past couple of years, in the media (usually beginning with the news and moving through the social platforms) you would think institutions -especially WF, would have alert memorandums issued down from the top, to the branches, directing extra precautions be taken due to the uptick … I know I received an email from one of mine - Capital One, just this week, about this very type of matter …. and perhaps it was (internally) due to this specific case, who knows! just wondering … where was the son DURING all of this ? it just seems odd that there seemingly was no small (even) conversations … taking place with anyone ….. not at home; not at the bank.. I am not shaming the victims, I am just wondering because it seems odd to me, if money appears in my account out of nowhere and I discover it while checking my account online or perhaps thru the app, but ESPECIALLY IF some random person calls me on the phone from timbucknowhere saying they accidentally transferred money into my account, I am getting on the PHONE with the bank ASAP, running it back with 64k questions beginning with, “where did this come from?” because, the rep would immediately be able to answer that saying, “it was transferred from your savings account” … and my follow up would be, “well I did not transfer it, trace the transfer” - again, doing this all from my house and phone, further when I am telling them to trace the transfer out of my account, providing the financial institution the phone number listed on my caller ID (even though it could be bogus), for documentation long sigh …. this is a hard “L” for this couple, I am so sorry you had to have this life experience people, (as my Grandfather would say) use your heads for more than a hat rack
In today's times when you make a mistake it's always the Bank's fault. Maybe the Bank should cut this couple off doing any transactions electronically. Had made you come down to the branch, bring your pictured Id, S.S. card, and a birth certificate with it notarized stamp. 🤯🤣 Maybe you need to hire someone to manage your money.
It just boggles my mind how people fall for scams like this.
Greed 🤑🤑🤑🤑
100000% Agree. And the romance scams too
Wells Fargo dropped the ball. Banks are supposed to have measures in place to prevent wire fraud. But the golden rule is never wire money to someone you don’t know. Period.
Not the banks fault if people fall for scams. I get texting, I get emails etc…. from scammers trying to scam me, they just want your personal information. I just delete them.
How did they drop the ball? You want the bank to question you every time you touch your account? This was unfortunate for the couple. I’m sure they were panicking at that point, but if they stopped to think about it, the bank can do it themselves if they made a mistake. There is no need for them to ask you to do it.
Not Wells Fargo's fault. This couple won the Darwin award.
In today's times when you make a mistake it's always the Bank's fault. Maybe the Bank should cut you off doing any transactions electronically. Had made you come down to the branch, bring your pictured Id, S.S. card, and a birth certificate with it notarized stamp. 🤯🤣 Maybe you need to hire someone to manage your money.
@@jayb2402 It's idiots like this couple that cause problems for us all. Perhaps they have dementia.
Wells Fargo - matter was handled appropriately “We didn’t pay anything”
People, please stop getting scammed. Be skeptical. Question everything. Trust no one.
Ditto 💯
Its not up to the banks to ask questions of what their customers are doing.
Of course not, and it’s also not up to me to save you if you are trapped in a burning car. 🤦🏽♂️ You “go it alone” Americans are so obnoxiously brainwashed into thinking other people shouldn’t look out for each other.
Wills Fargo got employees that work for scammers I was a victim of them but they got shut down
Any questionable transaction should be a part of a banks due diligence..
Yes it is if you care about people. I retired early from Wells Fargo because of witnessing employees steal and company don't care. If you're heartless you won't ask. Especially an elderly person. Which were my favorite clients.
Why didnt the couple call the bank first?? If a large amount was deposited in my account that wasn't "mine," I would call the bank first and right away. They would then confirm this was a transfer from my savings to my checking. Then I would say OK but I didn't authorize it
Yup. That's a FLAG that someone got into my account without my knowledge or permission. If someone put $5.00 into my account and I don't know how, I'd trace it to see who and why? You don't know if that $5.00 deposit becomes a withdrawal or transfer of your whole balance in a few days.
EXACTLY!!
💯 BINGO! 💯 A responsible person would take that very action. A gullible person would do what this couple did. They will not see that money ever again. Another harsh lesson learned the hard way. Do your due diligence before trusting random scammer phone calls. SMH
Some people will fall for anything jeez
Imagine an adult blaming other adults for not stopping them from doing something extremely stupid 😂
This was greed - plain and simple - they thought they were coming up on $2000 and got scammed for 68000 instead.
Did they approach the bank about the mistaken "70,000" - nope.....did they ask wells fargo how the man knew who the account belonged to vs just being a bunch of wrong numbers - nope
Greed
They could've just kept the 70,000.
@@compactcow it was there's to begin with 😆
@@compactcow 😂 that's exactly what I would of done. Would of waited for a certified of mail letter stating the mistake. Then I would of hit up the customer service line and went from there. 😊
Senior citizens (Older and much more vulnerable to people) were manipulated
@Everything is fine No they weren't- they fully understood it to keep 2000 "for their trouble" and never asked the bank of there was even a mistake made
Don't blame the bank,that man willing handed his cash over to a stranger,that man got catfished out of $ 68,000.00
I’m interested in how the scammer was able to get into their account and was able to transfer their money from their savings to their checking.
they hacked it 🙄
Look up scammer payback lol
The couple allowed the scammer to connect to their computer remotely. There are many websites that allow remote connecting. Scammers on the other end can only manipulate the account but can't literally take money from it. They either change the HTML script on the screen to look like money was added or they transfer funds from the savings to the checking. They obviously didn't see their savings was missing money and focused only on the checking balance...but they also can change the HTML os the savings to make it look like those funds are there. It's very sneaky. And what's sad...I can't trust any Indian or even Philippino accent on the phones anymore.
Anyway...a simple refreshing of the page would reset any HTML changes. It's hilarious hearing how mad the scammers get. Look up scam baiter videos
@@sequoyamaisonblacque It wasn't hacked. The couple allowed the scammers to connect to their computer.
I guarantee if you allegedly put money in my account, you're not getting it back. Don't waste your time calling me.
Wouldn't it be a major plot twist if the scammer was the son? Who else is more likely to have credentials to their elderly parents' banking accounts? Answer: adult children.
Before the video started, I knew it was senior citizens. Protect your grandpas and grandmas yall
Thats why you check both accounts before doing anything. Also you call them. Even though they call you. Jusy tell them youll call Wells Fargo customer service.
Everyone who opens a bank account should be required to play runescape.
this is the real solution
Armor trimming 20,000 gps today only, guys!!! 🤓
id look into the sons finances
why, is this something you would do to your parents ?
"We take financial exploitation very seriously"
coming from a bank that signed people up for ID theft protection without their consent 😅
coming from a bank whose employees unauthorizingly (my word) opened up new and ghost accounts in existing customers names, just a handful of years ago, and settled (from suit) publicly
The government needs to pull their head out their cavity and catch scammers they are every where!
What a lifechanging come up
Money won’t buy common sense, tragic.
This is an old scam.
A Scottish definition: A corporation is a way for individuals to avoid personal responsibility. If this was the
case of buying a car, and the car failed, the franchise would cover it. This franchise should cover it.
Wells Fargo earned a bad reputation when they opened in this city and were gone in over a year.
Exactly. Corporate greed.
Not the bank’s responsibility to limit or check reason for the transaction. Could be buying a car, sending it to a child of theirs, investment. If it were something serious and the bank delayed the transfer. Then people would be complaining the bank screwed up their lives I that manner.
People need to be responsible for themselves.
When you withdrawal 10k, the bank checks to see why you're making the withdrawal. They report it.
@@environmentalnews6040 Yes, if it's cash, and that's for IRS purposes.
@@jancw Yep. Now Joe Biden wants it to be as low as $600. Government getting too big and too deep into peoples private lives.
Isn't the whole point of a bank to safeguard your money? Interest is close to zero.
I will never deal with wells forgen again at all
not the bank faults the son whats to blame the bank for parents doing
This bank service really needs looking into.🤬 I see so many RED FLAGS!!!🚩🚩🚩🚩
Greed for the $2,000 is what got them. They figured the $70,000 was there when the proper way is to report the unauthorized receipt immediately to the bank and advise them on how to handle. I once had a large sum of money deposited and a week later a mistake was discovered and it was reversed. Though this was probably not a scam and an error, similar tricks are used by scammers.
if the bank makes a mistake and adds money to your account. they will come after you and arrest you...
It's just another scammer taking care of business. It happens more than you think. Stay aware
THEY ARE WITHHOLDING A LOT OF INFO HERE. MONEY DIDNT JUST "SHOW UP" IN THEIR ACCOUNT. THESE PEOPLE ALLOWED A SCAMMER TO CONNECT TO THEIR COMPUTER, TOLD THEM TO LOG IN TO THEIR BANK ACCOUNT...GIVING THE SCAMMER ACCESS TO EITHER CHANGE THE HTML ON THE SCREEN TO APPEAR LIKE MONEY HAS BEEN DEPOSITED OR THEY TAKE MONEY FROM THE SAVINGS AND MOVE IT TO THE CHECKING. BUT THESE PEOPLE ALLOWED A SCAMMER TO CONNECT TO THEIR COMPUTER TO INITIATE THE SCAM
This teach us a lesson People take care your money and be careful with the scammers
If anyone send money into your account, don’t send it back let the bank take care of it. Simple.
People got to realize that a 70k transfers are normal, there’s a lot of money in this world.
Losing that much ...i mean cmon....how and why.....
Yeah and the moment the bank starts asking you what you are doing? Who are you wiring funds to? Etc., then you get the response, "'Its my money Mr. banker. Quit being nosy and intrusive."'
People need to watch Scammer payback and kitboda and share with relatives, especially elderly
This is a common scam. And Wells should train employees better.
This is so sad! This is a large amount of money! Can't the fbi trace it back to the account that recieved the money and catch those thieves?
This just happened to someone in Colorado. She lost 200,000$
Do you still get in contact with her
@@MargaritaDunn-nf1oz no, I saw this on the news
@@dbluehorsedeboe5567 ok that's good
Scammers love taking advantage from old people. They don't like it they love it
How was the scammer able to hack into this man's account to transfer money? That is the bank's fault, not the customer's fault. Bank should be liable. It is in the bylaws banks aren't responsible for anything when things go wrong. Banks fail all the time in the US, and get bailed out by the government
@@environmentalnews6040 definitely all banks have flaws, not surprised he was able to hack into the account. Hopefully they get their money back bc that's just horrible scamming anyone especially if they are old...
Employees involved
From overseas?
Mark should’ve realized, that’s a FED $ in/out transaction.
Oops.
WF should’ve, noticed that.
What happened was terrible and I'm sorry to hear it, but for God's sake, take responsibility for your own actions! Do you want to blame the teller... the lowest person on the bank's totem pole, for not doing your thinking for you?
Hushpuppi is back 😅
Who falls for this? c'mon
they did
aged people sure don’t age like wine
In the uk when people pay for things online the bank asks for your approval before you give the money especially over a certain amount which to me is a good idea because you have go approve the transaction before you pay if your young its easy just approve via the bank app but id expect its hard for older people who don't know how to use a cell phone
This is different. Wire transfers require paperwork to be filled out. There are fees involved. There are legal steps to follow. It isn't point and click. This moron legally sent money to another party. He was expecting to get $2000 for sending the money "back".
Bank collapsing due to No bank care about their customers except for themselves
Sure sure. Banks fault
I guarantee the people who blame the bank for allowing them to get scammed would also be the same ones complaining if the bank put additional security measures in place since America is all about FREEDOM! 😅
Wells Fargo sucks!!!!!! They have this attitude that they're the ONLY bank.
Wow really let's just blame everyone else except ourselves.
It's so much easier than taking responsibility of one's own action.
I have heard this kind of warning that decade after decade. I am still surprised that some people are caught off guard by something this basic. What are they living under a rock of ignorance?
I myself tell my parents if you feel that something's not quite right before doing anything. I asked them to call me 1st to get an outside perspective opinion.
Not that hard to do.
Someone got fired
Kitboga has videos about this
It Damm india
I agree. Never trust a person from India. Specifically Sikhs
Greed done him in.
Make all transactions reversable for three days world-wide.
Maybe with ACH, but a wire transfer is direct and immediate. The money would be withdrawn at the receiving bank before any remediation can be done.
You can keep 2 grand of your own money for your troubles
yes, on top of these types of incidents being publicized - especially over the past couple of years, in the media (usually beginning with the news and moving through the social platforms) you would think institutions -especially WF, would have alert memorandums issued down from the top, to the branches, directing extra precautions be taken due to the uptick … I know I received an email from one of mine - Capital One, just this week, about this very type of matter …. and perhaps it was (internally) due to this specific case, who knows!
just wondering … where was the son DURING all of this ? it just seems odd that there seemingly was no small (even) conversations … taking place with anyone ….. not at home; not at the bank..
I am not shaming the victims, I am just wondering because it seems odd to me, if money appears in my account out of nowhere and I discover it while checking my account online or perhaps thru the app, but ESPECIALLY IF some random person calls me on the phone from timbucknowhere saying they accidentally transferred money into my account, I am getting on the PHONE with the bank ASAP, running it back with 64k questions beginning with, “where did this come from?” because, the rep would immediately be able to answer that saying, “it was transferred from your savings account” … and my follow up would be, “well I did not transfer it, trace the transfer” - again, doing this all from my house and phone, further when I am telling them to trace the transfer out of my account, providing the financial institution the phone number listed on my caller ID (even though it could be bogus), for documentation
long sigh …. this is a hard “L” for this couple, I am so sorry you had to have this life experience
people, (as my Grandfather would say) use your heads for more than a hat rack
They called us earlier today.
Hit and miss. It was some Indian 🔴 on a UNKNOWN #
So honest restored the money lol
W Scam
Giggling out loud!
Look its all yo to us as thek the peivates and we are talking about instatutions and open up the penalvsystem
In today's times when you make a mistake it's always the Bank's fault. Maybe the Bank should cut this couple off doing any transactions electronically. Had made you come down to the branch, bring your pictured Id, S.S. card, and a birth certificate with it notarized stamp. 🤯🤣 Maybe you need to hire someone to manage your money.
Kit Boga can’t be everywhere
Easy come easy go
Hey,I just made two grand in ten minutes
Men 900.000$ yutvoldim
Wells Fargo needs to bring that money back to those people