Re:The Real Reason The Poor Go Without Bank Accounts
by personlurking on Sunday September 22, 2013 @09:32AM
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Since we're doing stories, here's mine.
My brother didn't have an account but he needed someone to cash a $3K check from an acquaintance of his. He told me he'd give me 10% if I did it, and I was dead broke at the time. So I do it and the next day my bank (one of the big names) lets me take it all out, at which point I give it to my brother and he gives me $300. On the same morning, the check-writer cancels the check and the bank hits me with a -$3,000, plus overdraft fees. A week later they closed my account of good standing of 10+ years. My brother spends the money, refuses to pay it back and swears he wasn't 'in it' from the start with his buddy, the check-writer. That was 4 years ago and I haven't spoken to my lovely brother since. To top it off, I wasn't able to open another account in the US for a few years.
My brother didn't have an account but he needed someone to cash a $3K check from an acquaintance of his. He told me he'd give me 10% if I did it, and I was dead broke at the time. So I do it and the next day my bank (one of the big names) lets me take it all out, at which point I give it to my brother and he gives me $300. On the same morning, the check-writer cancels the check and the bank hits me with a -$3,000, plus overdraft fees. A week later they closed my account of good standing of 10+ years. My brother spends the money, refuses to pay it back and swears he wasn't 'in it' from the start with his buddy, the check-writer. That was 4 years ago and I haven't spoken to my lovely brother since. To top it off, I wasn't able to open another account in the US for a few years.