Sunday I got a call from my banks fraud department asking me if had had made purchases in a Walmart several states away. It turns out someone used my debit account number to make about $500 of purchases. I also made a lot of small purchases over the weekend so now my account is overdrawn and in addition I have about $200 in overcharges. I have been told the money will be put back in my account, but they would not comment on a time frame. I have a couple questions
1 how does someone make purchases with just my debit card number at a Walmart ? I have never tried to just give them a just a number, but I would assume they would require the card and pin
2 If anyone has experience with this how long did it take to straighten out ? I'm about to go on a trip for Thanksgiving and it will not be good if I don't have any money in my bank account and I have to put everything on credit cards. I do have a direct deposit coming in on Friday, but it will not be much more than my overdrawn amount.



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