This is not surprising. During the pandemic I worked for Bank of America when the government was giving unemployment benefits there was so much fraud and the bank didn’t do much to help the people . We received call after call and was instructed to have them send their pic id and file a police report . After so much time claims we’re sitting in limbo and we had to keep telling the customer to call back in 6 weeks. Most people never got any of their money back. I personally feel these are inside jobs at the top level.
It reminds me of when people weren't getting their unemployment funds in CA and AZ. They later found that prisoners were somehow getting their money instead. So crazy!
This is definitely an inside job. They need to check their employees and see and watch their computer activities in the office and away from the office. Technology is advanced enough for them to do this and find out who this cyber bully is or bullies.
BUT the bank has no incentive to do that! If you sued the bank for treble damages and publicized it, they would change quickly! AND don't accept a settlement. Just require that any settlement be public. Retired now, but I worked with financial computer systems. Users were often amazed that I didn't have "extra" privileges on the system. "Nope, I don't have and don't want that!" I could do it, but had to be confirmed & approved through the system by both the EVP of Finance, and Comptroller". I always passed audits with flying colors.
I know this video is old, but I just watch a video of the something that happened in NYC. Also, in Chicago, Oklahoma, etc. It seems like this is going on all over.
@@belinalug6928 I usually feel around on the device that I am using to obtain or pay using my card. If anything comes off in my hand I am not using it.
Somebody in well fargo bank.They have all customers number and pin code.Set up fake or dumper account.When you withdraw money 💰from ATM take a picture 📷 o f you
Jas. That's all it seems they do on any of these so-called information lines. You can't get anyone or they don't know and tell you to call another number and they send you back to the first #.. Absolutely ridiculous. 💯
my bank added a new camera and mirrors. I feel like I am on a glamour shoot. I can see every pore and hair . What is the point of cameras if not to record people making transations. you are right, they should be looking at WHO made the transaction at that time and send it to detectives.
The old way was the book of coupons. Some people would sell them for less on the value of the coupon. Then they can go buy alcohol or beer. They need a chip in the card.
@@ontheroad5555 even when the card have a chipped in it fraudulent activity still continue whenever technology is involved nine times out of 10 something will happen for an example if you go to some gas stations you cannot even use your card because a malfunction even with a card with chip in it stopping the card from being used you go to the next gas station same thing I prefer them just going back to giving people checks so they can get their money the proper way without delay
@@TheBluesmanBlue Checks can be costly and can be lost in the mail. This sounds like an inside crime. I personally had an experience with inside crime. Many years ago I did a ATM withdrawal at the Citibank I had an account at. One of the $20 bills actually was a $1 bill with all four corners attached with a $20 corner. The bank was open so I went inside and spoke to one of the bank officers. She immediately asked me for the receipt. Ever since that day I always get a ATM receipt. She counted the money and checked my receipt. She reached in the drawer and gave me a $20 bill. That was proof of an inside job. Back in those days they used to steal cash too. If you put cash deposit in an envelope people had stories of cash being stolen. The policy was two bank personnel would verify the count. But that never stopped them from stealing. The best system now is you can deposit cash into the machine then it counts it and asks if you complete your deposit. I don't trust humans.
Isn't the bank responsible for the stolen funds? It's obviously fraud & they can replace the money. They will receive it back from their insurance company.
@@edwarda2033 You are correct the card is issued by the Department of Social Services. Banks just allow people to use their ATM's to withdraw funds. It is a community service.. This at least is not the fault of Wells Fargo.
I think they should be held responsible. Card holder lives in Baltimore money withdrew from Cali should have been denied. When I go anywhere out of state n my card is used they text me for me to ok it. If I don't ok it when they text they turn that card off n I get that money back. So when I go on vaca n use my debit I have my phone in my hand.
I had my funds wiped clean within min of my $$ beig deposited from BOA ATM! I had my card on me n it was done local. After looking into it BOA mentioned several of its employees were let go due to them stealing customers $$ n identity!!
If you're living in Maryland and somebody is using a ATM in California they should red flag that right there , I don't know how many times my bank red flag my debit card and I'm right here in Baltimore
4:32 What Stephany need to do is ask the one of the fathers of her 5 babies for help. Shame on the men that slept with her and now refuses to support their child
@Mistamoneybagz because usually the government take child support to compensate for what they are giving the mother. Also child support counts as income so it could put them over the limit to deem them qualified for tanf or food stamps.many mothers will not list fathers on Birth certificates for this reason.
@@billhathaway2814 OMG! I have to admit that is exactly what my friend and I said after watching this video. I used to work for the government, and let me tell you, I was shocked to learn how corrupt some government employees were when I worked in different departments. What's worse is it does no good to report the corruption.
@@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author Exactly and btw this is in Baltimore City. The people that work for DSS in the City are poorly paid and many are contract workers pulling down less than you would make at a fast food joint. This was done by insiders no doubt about it. A full federal fraud investigation is in order. Hope that happens but not holding my breath. Thanks for responding...
Since they don't know where there cards are being compromised I would think making a new random pin at the end of every day of card use would be a good defense because the pin the criminal got from the last use would no longer be valid preventing them from using the fake card.
@@roniquegold2124 You have to use a pin number everytime you use EBT card so whoever skimmed the card also got the pin number too but if the pin number was changed between the time they stole the info and tried to use it the transaction would be rejected. So changing the pin number daily or weekly especially right before new benefits arive will prevent the theft all together because they would lack the correct pin number.
@@roniquegold2124 I would presume unless this person had some other way of obtaining the pin numbers from these victims because you have to use a pin every time with an EBT card rather it is food or cash and rather at an ATM or used at a store. If it was not skimmed then that should really limit the pool of suspects as that person has been able to get all their pin numbers even after they are changed them repeatedly, there would have to be a common person between them that they have been giving their pin numbers to.
this is a problem with card use in general. it's very hard to tell which is a safe card reader and which one isn't. cyber crime is only going to get worse as inflation continues.
My bank recognizes fraudulent transactions and locks my bank card immediately. EBT financial vendors should provide the same protections. Some of these victims are giving away their own PII to scam phone callers too.
@@billhathaway2814 DID YOU WATCH 👀 THE ENTIRE REPORT/STORY? 725 EDEN ST. WELLS FARGO (BANK) 🏦 ATM 🏧 HAS BEEN THE COMMON DENOMINATOR BEHIND SEVERAL VICTIMS THEFT OF THEIR MONEY 💵! NOTHING TO DO WITH ARABIC BUSINESS OWNERS' ATMS! WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE TO PREJUDGE OTHERS? JUST BECAUSE 1 ARABIC PERSON HAS BEEN CAUGHT SCAMMING DOESN'T MEAN ALL OF THEM DO IT!🤷🏾♀️ THERE'S A SCAMMERS OR A THIEF OF EVERY RACE; DOESN'T MEAN EVERY PERSON OF EVERY RACE ARE SCAMMERS OR THIEVES! 🤦🏾♀️
@@kenyettachenault888 I never mentioned an ethnicity I simply pointed out ATM's at bodegas and convenience stores have a scam skimmer problem. Yes I watched the entire report and Mallory has posted 2 additional reports. She( Mallory) is trying to help them..
It is time to modernize these ATM debit cards they are using for these benefits. There should be a way to "freeze" these debit cards using their online accounts so that no one can use these debit cards except the actual recipients. Regular credit cards and debit cards already have this option, so it can be done.
I’m glad unemployment insurance in NY has the option to be paid by direct deposit to a bank account. My family lives in CA and they didn’t have that option so they lost some of their money to a fraudster. That said, EBT benefits are still loaded to a debit card in NY. They need to start offering a direct deposit option.
Most of those people do not have a bank account tho, I worked in public housing and nearly everyone paid their rent (or their portion) with a money order.
I was fortunate during 2020 when I was on UI here in New Jersey. I attribute that fortune to keeping a close eye on my bank activity, setting up alerts, frequently checking the account when bills were paid... and having a CASH envelope system. I did have several accounts but chose to close my Chase account to settle for using my credit union account. Wells Fargo & BOA have been the 2 main banks with numerous amounts of fraudulent activity. I also stopped the habit of using my debit card for everyday transactions and settling for cash transactions. All my ccs are frozen so they can not be used without my authorization. I also implemented 2 step authentication, and even had to put out a fraud alert when my SS was spotted on the Dark Web. We have to be diligent fraud is happening all over.
@@denastever2110 are you new here, dear? People Do work off the books the same way undocumented workers do but have children here who are qualified for these same benefits. Stop pocket watching.
maybe people shouldn't have 5 kids if they can't afford to pay for them. or maybe that's why some people have so many kids, cuz these women know there gonna get paid per kid they give birth to
Because single motherhood is subsidized and rewarded. Disgusting. While my husband works 10 hr days and I wait tables to make ends meet, these people,get handed money someone else earned. I do t feel bad. Maybe they will fix their own problems no by being responsible and not depending on other people who haven’t made poor decisions
@@dcg590 there we got so your a waiter huh and you are mad you can't get a good job well looks like I found your name and job and screen shots of everything you have commented on. You will never find mine lol I never use my real name haha
This has been an issue for CA since October. Our clients are reimbursed after filing a police report and filling out a form. They need to provide chips.
This happened to me on June 1st! Withdrew all my cash at a BofA in LA! And I live in OC. I had to file a police report. The card company denied my claim for whatever reason! BUT I got reimbursed within 10 business days from social services. My worker said they have to wait for the denial letter (from the card company) before they can pick up the claim and reimburse me. Thank god cause I was in tears when I found out all was gone!
@@vanessalam1875 Bank of America in LA is where they went when they took my money. They left me $11.00 that was in October. I had to file police report too
@@vickiefinney6073 Was it on Martin Luther King Blvd? Thats all the info the app gave me. And I happen to swipe my card at a Jack in the Box about 15 mins away a few months prior. I have a feeling thats where the skimmer machine might have been. I was left with $9. I think it was cause they took everything they could do in multiples of $20…. Did you get your money back eventually?
@@vanessalam1875 I'm 5 hours away from LA and they took my money from the ATM machine on Wilshire Blvd and S. Virgil and it took me over a month to get my money back. I had to file a police report before they would put the money back on my EBT card. I was treated like I stole my own money, why would I drive over 5 hours to take my money. I can't afford the gas and I surely don't have the time to go there. I hope whoever is involved goes to jail for this. It just makes me wonder who steals from the poor 😡
She said peoples refrigerators are empty, you can't pull out food stamps from an ATM so someone is also going on a shopping spree. Surely a car and license plate is getting picked up somewhere at one of those stores.
@@4ourchildren66 Exactly, so how did the cops not get video footage from the grocery stores or banks? I can't imagine they can't get a licence plate on this person if they are going on shopping sprees.
5 kids she needs job and get them front teeth fix. Stop having kids is the first thing. I don't feel sorry for these folks. I get out here and work 2 jobs. I don't have kids having other provider for me is not anyone else issue. There is lots of remote jobs out here. Instead of giving more funds how about Brandon Scott create some resource center to help these people with resumes and skills to get a job.
I feel bad for the elderly and the disabled. The younger women need to get up and get a job or pick up a trade/skill so they're able to purchase food using cash outside of the EBT system. This news article was embarrassing 😳
You’re disgusting. 🤮 I, myself, was on Government Assistance while I was in graduate school taking care of my young daughter. You don’t know WHAT another persons reasons are for being on Govmt. Aid. A lot of those ladies have mental illnesses as well.
@@kenyettachenault888 I know that's why they need to pick up a skill or trade so they can break away from the system. One of them had 5 kids that's not a good look. The snap program should be reserved primarily for the elderly and disabled. I can see if your a struggling mother in school with 1 or maybe two kids, but once you exceed two kids without no skill or trade you should be banned from the system.
You mad??? Their TEMP ASSISTANCE is being stolen....you must work like a slave....you can apply too...you sound bitter....don't come for me bc I don't get any!!!!
Winston great point but no one wants to discuss this problem. I have seen young men that have 5 or more women pregnant @ same time. The women all sign up for benefits, housing, energy, groceries, money etc and give to him never revealing his identity. This is a major problem and then we wonder why crime is rampant.
@@yahya4370 I realize you want to give benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately I am not seeing this phenomenon. There is major problem and by ignoring it we are
Probably insiders at the bank, processor, and/or distribution. Do the cards not have chips? That would prevent cloning. Also, for higher security, some card issuers require chip only and won't allow swiping. It's sad how little the state will help those truly in need. Yet, regular card holders easily get reimbursed for fraud, often involving far greater amounts, with little more than a phone call and maybe mailing some paperwork.
No EBT cards don't have chips🙄😆it's a regular swipe card. Has never changed. But the ebtedge site and automatic phone system tells you to change your pin every so often to reduce the likelihood of theft. Just as any other debit card does.
Your information is so secure with the banks and technology companies bunch of b.s. Pass the buck litetally. Lets go back to old school and forget about apps, atms, and wifi crap.
These circumstances are sad. However, life choices matter. My husband and I had one child. She’s an adult now, no kids, no dependents and works her butt off, just like us.
Why are these people receiving temporary assistance, when they should, or could be working? And why do people keep bearing children, if you can't afford them yourself, taxpayer's should not be picking up the tab.
@@galegrazutis964 Iam sure you consider yourself a religious person. Whatever religion you practice. Your kind are always the ones who condemn others who are good people who are the real CHRISTIANS. No person who loves God lives with a heart as evil and petty as you show. God will not show mercy or grace to those who enjoy others suffering. Just watch!!
I am originally from Baltimore n have lived out west for some years now n I'm gonna tell you all for a politician to get involved n try to help with something like this is very rare. Lawmakers don't care anymore. I have live in several states in this country n nothing like that ever happens. Kudos fir her to do the interview n even ask why it's happening n try to get it fixed. Nobody else is doing that anywhere in the country. Hope you all get your money back.
They created this mess. And this is just for a photo opp and a vote. These people keep voting for the same masters that set them up for the modern day plantation....WELFARE!!! The payment is the vote. And the vote is power and money for the politician.
They need to stop making welfare so freaking easy and convenient. make them stand in line every month and go and pick up their checks!!! they should come to hate the process and maybe, just maybe, they will get some pride about themselves and depend on themselves like the grownups who were grown enough to not need the government to sleep with their many men!!!!!
Why are we sending Ukraine so much assistance, what they receive is a drop in the bucket compared to billions of dollars to a foreign country. Americans first right?
@@awaters8784 that went into some corrupt politicians pocket over there I literally just watched a video of them fighting in Ukraine with a pickup truck launching missiles from a trailer
If it’s skimming then why can’t the victims use a different machine. It still doesn’t explain how money is being siphoned from Baltimore to Los Angeles? It’s not making sense.
First it was chicago then California now Baltimore I feel it’s going to be many more cities and states with this scam that’s sad like what criminals would do that that’s very low they already trying to survive with kids and living in proverty income wise that’s jus low
Dont worry the $$$ was never yours to begin with. Imagine having multiple kids you know you cant take care of and expecting other people to take care of them.
This happen to me on April 3rd I called at 12 am and someone took it at 3 am. One was at wells fargo and another at bank of america. I work and I get assistance someone took it. They took 1000 then took 340 and left me 60 dollars. I got 4 kids. I never got my money stolen and when I went to the county for the first time the month later my cash was stolen. It happen to my neighbor and a friend. I got my money back.
@@dcg590 WELL KAREN I ACTUALLY WORK AND MEDICAL INSURANCE IS EXPENSIVE AND I HAVE 2 SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND AS A MEDICAL CARE GIVER MY WAGES DONT COVER ME TAKING OFF TO PROVIDE FOR MY 2 SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS AND INCOME CARE THEY NEED BUT HEY KAREN IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE AND BE JUDGEMENTAL LET ME KNOW
@@dcg590 lmfao from looking at your comment history your a racist and a dam republican that just hates on people and comments behind a keyboard but hey let's find your Facebook and out every comment you have made
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I live in California and my benefits was stolen, and they did replacement assistance, after 2 weeks, a police report, and some form I had to fill out. My benefits was swiped in Los Angeles as well and I stay 5 hours away.
Obviously the welfare state is a problem unto itself, but stop using ATM's and commercial banks. Go to a local credit union, then be careful where you use the card. If all else fails, carry cash and exercise your Second Amendment Rights!!
Sounds like there may be either a security breach or an inside person who is providing numbers and pins to make clones.
My thoughts exactly.
Card skimmers
Well that's what happens when you have Democrats in government. Allowing Democrats guns or positions of power is just asking for trouble for everyone
@@tindrums can't be a skimmer if the card was never used.
That’s what it is.
Wells Fargo? Well, that explains a lot!!
Agreed. I closed all of my accounts with them years ago. They were terrible.
Didn't know that, thanks for the heads-up.
I don't f with Wells Fargo and will NEVER do business with them.
They love you
Wells Fraudgo is the closest bank to me, but I'd rather travel across the city than bank with them.
This is not surprising. During the pandemic I worked for Bank of America when the government was giving unemployment benefits there was so much fraud and the bank didn’t do much to help the people . We received call after call and was instructed to have them send their pic id and file a police report . After so much time claims we’re sitting in limbo and we had to keep telling the customer to call back in 6 weeks. Most people never got any of their money back. I personally feel these are inside jobs at the top level.
@Faith** The pandemic was a fraudster's dream come true billions upon billions up here in Canada has been stolen.
NAZI TUBE QUIT DELETING COMMENTS JFC
Most definitely from the top
I agree with you.
The solution is simple: get a job and direct deposit.
Honey, the Baltimore accents are heavy in this one…lol. I worked at a bank in the Fraud Department this has to be an inside job.
For some reason I didn't notice the accents. I've heard stronger Baltimore accents than the ones in this video.
@@blackcherry6877 nobody asked you tho
@@kingofuseddurablecars.ls6040 but I said it though....now what?!
@@blackcherry6877 Stop liking your own comments too.
@@kingofuseddurablecars.ls6040 I didn't like my own comment C.L.O.W.N. You wanna be right so bad its sad 😂
It reminds me of when people weren't getting their unemployment funds in CA and AZ. They later found that prisoners were somehow getting their money instead. So crazy!
This is definitely an inside job. They need to check their employees and see and watch their computer activities in the office and away from the office. Technology is advanced enough for them to do this and find out who this cyber bully is or bullies.
Well in case you didn't know FRAUD CAN OCCUR FROM ANYWHERE!! IT'S BIGGER THAN SOMEONE INSIDE THE AGENCY COMMITTING (ALL) THE FRAUD!!!
BUT the bank has no incentive to do that! If you sued the bank for treble damages and publicized it, they would change quickly! AND don't accept a settlement. Just require that any settlement be public.
Retired now, but I worked with financial computer systems. Users were often amazed that I didn't have "extra" privileges on the system. "Nope, I don't have and don't want that!" I could do it, but had to be confirmed & approved through the system by both the EVP of Finance, and Comptroller". I always passed audits with flying colors.
Agree check the employees; not bank mean EBT processing centers
I know this video is old, but I just watch a video of the something that happened in NYC. Also, in Chicago, Oklahoma, etc. It seems like this is going on all over.
The story would’ve been greatly improved if someone had discussed how to recognize a card skimmer on an ATM. They’re not that difficult to recognize.
It's Wells Fargo that was probably them making a excuse for a employee doing it that's why there isn't any follow up info.
Their difficult if you don't know what these skimmers look like, but now I do thanks to your reply
@@belinalug6928
I usually feel around on the device that I am using to obtain or pay using my card.
If anything comes off in my hand I am not using it.
@@godiseverything1482 thanks for the tip
Her card hasn’t been skimmed. It was newly issued and the money was stolen before she(lady #1) arrived at the ATM
She's right, I'm all the way in Nigeria and if you try the card twice and it doesn't work it gets locked. What is the banks doing over there?
Somebody in well fargo bank.They have all customers number and pin code.Set up fake or dumper account.When you withdraw money 💰from ATM take a picture 📷 o f you
Being highly stupid
Can we speak about DHS not answering there phones or hotline since the pandemic?
Almost as bad as California EDD during the recession and the pandemic.
Full of inept people, just sitting around collecting a paycheck
Jas. That's all it seems they do on any of these so-called information lines. You can't get anyone or they don't know and tell you to call another number and they send you back to the first #.. Absolutely ridiculous. 💯
Yep
I'm wondering why the DHS Department head declined to speak... That's bogus... silence ain't golden in this situation.
Don't the businesses where the ATMS are located have surveillance cameras where they can determine the identities of the thieves?
Amen..hmmmm
Won't help if they're doing it electronically
Exactly 💯
They want everything digital though. All of our money,etc. B.S.
my bank added a new camera and mirrors. I feel like I am on a glamour shoot. I can see every pore and hair . What is the point of cameras if not to record people making transations. you are right, they should be looking at WHO made the transaction at that time and send it to detectives.
Look like it's time to go back to waiting on the mailman 😆
Exactly
The old way was the book of coupons. Some people would sell them for less on the value of the coupon. Then they can go buy alcohol or beer. They need a chip in the card.
@@ontheroad5555 even when the card have a chipped in it fraudulent activity still continue whenever technology is involved nine times out of 10 something will happen for an example if you go to some gas stations you cannot even use your card because a malfunction even with a card with chip in it stopping the card from being used you go to the next gas station same thing I prefer them just going back to giving people checks so they can get their money the proper way without delay
@@TheBluesmanBlue Checks can be costly and can be lost in the mail. This sounds like an inside crime. I personally had an experience with inside crime. Many years ago I did a ATM withdrawal at the Citibank I had an account at. One of the $20 bills actually was a $1 bill with all four corners attached with a $20 corner. The bank was open so I went inside and spoke to one of the bank officers. She immediately asked me for the receipt. Ever since that day I always get a ATM receipt. She counted the money and checked my receipt. She reached in the drawer and gave me a $20 bill. That was proof of an inside job. Back in those days they used to steal cash too. If you put cash deposit in an envelope people had stories of cash being stolen. The policy was two bank personnel would verify the count. But that never stopped them from stealing. The best system now is you can deposit cash into the machine then it counts it and asks if you complete your deposit. I don't trust humans.
hell they robbing them
Lock your cards folks! We're living in a new world, things will never be the same again.
That is the simple solution. The ability to lock the cards by the cardholders.
@FUNKALICIOUS Music : No it isn't. Its a Wells Fargo debit card with deposits from Snap & Cash benefits.
Exactly I lock my cards daily because of these scammers
Sadly truth
Ebt cards don't have a lock feature unfortunately
Isn't the bank responsible for the stolen funds? It's obviously fraud & they can replace the money. They will receive it back from their insurance company.
Card isn’t issued by bank.
@@edwarda2033 You are correct the card is issued by the Department of Social Services. Banks just allow people to use their ATM's to withdraw funds. It is a community service.. This at least is not the fault of Wells Fargo.
not when it a card benefits
I think they should be held responsible. Card holder lives in Baltimore money withdrew from Cali should have been denied. When I go anywhere out of state n my card is used they text me for me to ok it. If I don't ok it when they text they turn that card off n I get that money back. So when I go on vaca n use my debit I have my phone in my hand.
@@billhathaway2814 Do not agree . Look at Wells Fargo bank track record with compromised bank accounts.
I had my funds wiped clean within min of my $$ beig deposited from BOA ATM! I had my card on me n it was done local. After looking into it BOA mentioned several of its employees were let go due to them stealing customers $$ n identity!!
Their own employees?? Wow!
I believe it. Their employees are foul! That’s why a lot of their branches are closing.
Earn your own money
Wow! Employees? Smh
Nice to know. Thanks
If you're living in Maryland and somebody is using a ATM in California they should red flag that right there , I don't know how many times my bank red flag my debit card and I'm right here in Baltimore
4:32 What Stephany need to do is ask the one of the fathers of her 5 babies for help. Shame on the men that slept with her and now refuses to support their child
@Mistamoneybagz what’s sad is that either person think about consequences of having children without the means to support them
@Mistamoneybagz because usually the government take child support to compensate for what they are giving the mother. Also child support counts as income so it could put them over the limit to deem them qualified for tanf or food stamps.many mothers will not list fathers on Birth certificates for this reason.
They might be too poor, deadbeats, or just plain dead.
In California the system is managed by Bank of America. Their employees were in on the fraud by selling EBT card numbers for a low fee.
How much is it cost to get one?
Why are you having five kids with no husband that's not your money that's tax payers money
He a deadbeat dad
Why can't they investigate this and find out who is stealing their money?
Because the social service people are stealing it...
@@billhathaway2814 OMG! I have to admit that is exactly what my friend and I said after watching this video. I used to work for the government, and let me tell you, I was shocked to learn how corrupt some government employees were when I worked in different departments. What's worse is it does no good to report the corruption.
@@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author Exactly and btw this is in Baltimore City. The people that work for DSS in the City are poorly paid and many are contract workers pulling down less than you would make at a fast food joint. This was done by insiders no doubt about it. A full federal fraud investigation is in order. Hope that happens but not holding my breath. Thanks for responding...
@@billhathaway2814 that is probably pretty accurate. If not directly they are providing the information needed to make the clones
Inside job
Since they don't know where there cards are being compromised I would think making a new random pin at the end of every day of card use would be a good defense because the pin the criminal got from the last use would no longer be valid preventing them from using the fake card.
But how would a ATM pin change help if the card is cloned and skimmed in Los Angeles & the customer is in Baltimore?
@@roniquegold2124 You have to use a pin number everytime you use EBT card so whoever skimmed the card also got the pin number too but if the pin number was changed between the time they stole the info and tried to use it the transaction would be rejected. So changing the pin number daily or weekly especially right before new benefits arive will prevent the theft all together because they would lack the correct pin number.
@@MA-mh1vs : MA are you saying everytime a debit card is skimmed/cloned the pin number is also compromised?
@@roniquegold2124 I would presume unless this person had some other way of obtaining the pin numbers from these victims because you have to use a pin every time with an EBT card rather it is food or cash and rather at an ATM or used at a store.
If it was not skimmed then that should really limit the pool of suspects as that person has been able to get all their pin numbers even after they are changed them repeatedly, there would have to be a common person between them that they have been giving their pin numbers to.
@@MA-mh1vs Ok. Thank you for answering the question.
this is a problem with card use in general. it's very hard to tell which is a safe card reader and which one isn't. cyber crime is only going to get worse as inflation continues.
My bank recognizes fraudulent transactions and locks my bank card immediately. EBT financial vendors should provide the same protections. Some of these victims are giving away their own PII to scam phone callers too.
This is a mess
Crime rate is only going to continue to rise as the inflation continues unabated.
This wouldn’t be a bad time to go back to book of food stamps
That ain't happening...
They can't buy food on Amazon with that.
right
Or get off the tax payers backs instead of whole generations going on it
@@dcg590 They pay taxes too. I rather see American get that money then other countries. We just sent 3 billion overseas.
If you using those cards at those Arab stores they skimming cards!!
Those Atm machines in bodegas are definitely a security risk. Never ever use them. Get cash at the bank as in go INSIDE the bank..
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@@billhathaway2814 DID YOU WATCH 👀 THE ENTIRE REPORT/STORY? 725 EDEN ST. WELLS FARGO (BANK) 🏦 ATM 🏧 HAS BEEN THE COMMON DENOMINATOR BEHIND SEVERAL VICTIMS THEFT OF THEIR MONEY 💵! NOTHING TO DO WITH ARABIC BUSINESS OWNERS' ATMS! WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE TO PREJUDGE OTHERS? JUST BECAUSE 1 ARABIC PERSON HAS BEEN CAUGHT SCAMMING DOESN'T MEAN ALL OF THEM DO IT!🤷🏾♀️ THERE'S A SCAMMERS OR A THIEF OF EVERY RACE; DOESN'T MEAN EVERY PERSON OF EVERY RACE ARE SCAMMERS OR THIEVES! 🤦🏾♀️
@@kenyettachenault888 I never mentioned an ethnicity I simply pointed out ATM's at bodegas and convenience stores have a scam skimmer problem. Yes I watched the entire report and Mallory has posted 2 additional reports. She( Mallory) is trying to help them..
What do Arabs have to do with it Isreal?
The workers are selling the information
I work in banking, and I don't understand how they can even be allowed access to pin numbers.
It is time to modernize these ATM debit cards they are using for these benefits. There should be a way to "freeze" these debit cards using their online accounts so that no one can use these debit cards except the actual recipients. Regular credit cards and debit cards already have this option, so it can be done.
Maybe if you didn't have five kids and no job, the criminals deserve the funds as much as you do.
Tahoe Jones
May ALMIGHTY GOD have mercy on you in Jesus Name
@@rhondaallen4223 : Thanks but I'd much rather it was Biden. At least he's real.
Wish I could get free 💰 🤑. Unfortunately I get to work for it
I’m glad unemployment insurance in NY has the option to be paid by direct deposit to a bank account. My family lives in CA and they didn’t have that option so they lost some of their money to a fraudster. That said, EBT benefits are still loaded to a debit card in NY. They need to start offering a direct deposit option.
Most of those people do not have a bank account tho, I worked in public housing and nearly everyone paid their rent (or their portion) with a money order.
@@b0borden437 well the option can still be there for those that do have bank accounts.
I was fortunate during 2020 when I was on UI here in New Jersey. I attribute that fortune to keeping a close eye on my bank activity, setting up alerts, frequently checking the account when bills were paid... and having a CASH envelope system. I did have several accounts but chose to close my Chase account to settle for using my credit union account. Wells Fargo & BOA have been the 2 main banks with numerous amounts of fraudulent activity. I also stopped the habit of using my debit card for everyday transactions and settling for cash transactions. All my ccs are frozen so they can not be used without my authorization. I also implemented 2 step authentication, and even had to put out a fraud alert when my SS was spotted on the Dark Web. We have to be diligent fraud is happening all over.
Wow! Good at being pro-active!
They are like that in California too
Happened to me here in California I got my MONEY BACK ASAP FILE A POLICE REPORT
That's what I'm doing this morning I'm in NYC. Ridiculous tf I just got my funds yesterday
I hope they can replace their funds. 😢 Those babies need a roof over their head and need to eat. 🔈 Sounds like an inside job to me.
The fucked up part is there's people who aren't qualified to get that benefit because they work. But their fridge is empty too and no one cares.
Yeah some of these people work too lughead
@@loveyaenoughtotellyathetru7279 they only work just enough so they can get the handouts.
@@dcg590 and you know this for sure how, exactly?
I doubt they work or they wouldn't be getting that much money!!😑
@@denastever2110 are you new here, dear? People Do work off the books the same way undocumented workers do but have children here who are qualified for these same benefits. Stop pocket watching.
Oh that's messed up and shame on who doing that I did chuckle a bit especially bout the part she said it sounded like Bingo up in there 🤣😂
maybe people shouldn't have 5 kids if they can't afford to pay for them. or maybe that's why some people have so many kids, cuz these women know there gonna get paid per kid they give birth to
Because single motherhood is subsidized and rewarded. Disgusting. While my husband works 10 hr days and I wait tables to make ends meet, these people,get handed money someone else earned. I do t feel bad. Maybe they will fix their own problems no by being responsible and not depending on other people who haven’t made poor decisions
@@dcg590 there we got so your a waiter huh and you are mad you can't get a good job well looks like I found your name and job and screen shots of everything you have commented on. You will never find mine lol I never use my real name haha
Lmao and people want to go cashless. Go right ahead hit a button a your broke
LOL!!! Exactly. The tech wizards are gonna be even richer...
No bullshhh
hahaha exactly
Can go cashless with the blockchain. No hitting one wrong button.
Ain't that the truth
This has been an issue for CA since October. Our clients are reimbursed after filing a police report and filling out a form. They need to provide chips.
Exactly what happened to me in California. Now I'm at the bank at midnight
This happened to me on June 1st! Withdrew all my cash at a BofA in LA! And I live in OC. I had to file a police report. The card company denied my claim for whatever reason! BUT I got reimbursed within 10 business days from social services. My worker said they have to wait for the denial letter (from the card company) before they can pick up the claim and reimburse me.
Thank god cause I was in tears when I found out all was gone!
@@vanessalam1875 Bank of America in LA is where they went when they took my money. They left me $11.00 that was in October. I had to file police report too
@@vickiefinney6073 Was it on Martin Luther King Blvd? Thats all the info the app gave me. And I happen to swipe my card at a Jack in the Box about 15 mins away a few months prior. I have a feeling thats where the skimmer machine might have been. I was left with $9. I think it was cause they took everything they could do in multiples of $20…. Did you get your money back eventually?
@@vanessalam1875 I'm 5 hours away from LA and they took my money from the ATM machine on Wilshire Blvd and S. Virgil and it took me over a month to get my money back. I had to file a police report before they would put the money back on my EBT card. I was treated like I stole my own money, why would I drive over 5 hours to take my money. I can't afford the gas and I surely don't have the time to go there. I hope whoever is involved goes to jail for this. It just makes me wonder who steals from the poor 😡
Looks like a job for the FBI.
Should have been the first agency called.
@@faywhite7886 they are more crooked than the thieves
How are they so easily robbing people's Wells Fargo accounts? Is the ATM itself the point of failure or the cards or what?
Agreed. If Im in Baltinore how arw the crooks able to skim and clone a debit card? How do they know when a direct deposit will arrive?
Most acts are staged by the owner! It is what it is... that's why the states are not reimbursing them.
@@roniquegold2124 inside job
@@honestfriend767 : Thank you Honest. Your right inside job from those Bank Tellers!
My heart goes out to all poor sweet single mothers. Thank God I don't have kids, I just couldn't do it.
Oh come on it's easy. You just get stoned and drunk and spread those legs and the next thing you know kids POP out of that bush.
I bet it do
THEY NEED TO GET A JOB!!!! AND GET SOME PRIDE ABOUT THEMSELVES FOR THEIR BABIES!!!
Innocent? Where are their husbands?
@@cherp7522 RIGHT!!!
Wells fargo has a bad rep and this is terrible, well change the security
She said peoples refrigerators are empty, you can't pull out food stamps from an ATM so someone is also going on a shopping spree. Surely a car and license plate is getting picked up somewhere at one of those stores.
If they have a pin they may be taking food as well
@@4ourchildren66 Exactly, so how did the cops not get video footage from the grocery stores or banks? I can't imagine they can't get a licence plate on this person if they are going on shopping sprees.
@@MA-mh1vs Enforcement knows if it wants to know....do they want to know is the question.
Unfortunately based on the days and times internal and external corruption
If you receive cash assistance, you can
If you can't feed em, don't breed em!
Wow! I couldn't imagine the fear of not having food! I hope these people got help! We need a follow up.
5 kids she needs job and get them front teeth fix. Stop having kids is the first thing. I don't feel sorry for these folks. I get out here and work 2 jobs. I don't have kids having other provider for me is not anyone else issue. There is lots of remote jobs out here. Instead of giving more funds how about Brandon Scott create some resource center to help these people with resumes and skills to get a job.
WHAT!!! $2200 and Food Stamps!!! I'm Quitting my job tomorrow.
Someone in Conduent stole the money. since they provide the cards and process the transaction.
I feel bad for the elderly and the disabled. The younger women need to get up and get a job or pick up a trade/skill so they're able to purchase food using cash outside of the EBT system. This news article was embarrassing 😳
You’re disgusting. 🤮 I, myself, was on Government Assistance while I was in graduate school taking care of my young daughter. You don’t know WHAT another persons reasons are for being on Govmt. Aid. A lot of those ladies have mental illnesses as well.
YOU DO KNOW PLENTY OF WORKING PEOPLE RECEIVE EBT BENEFITS RIGHT? TAX PAYERS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO RECEIVE BENEFITS!
@@kenyettachenault888 I know that's why they need to pick up a skill or trade so they can break away from the system. One of them had 5 kids that's not a good look. The snap program should be reserved primarily for the elderly and disabled. I can see if your a struggling mother in school with 1 or maybe two kids, but once you exceed two kids without no skill or trade you should be banned from the system.
Or get money from her sons father.
@@kenyettachenault888 not over this way
Is the ATM has a scanner on it. Did they check the machine or replace it
Put an ad in the paper looking for a new workers fire everybody that works there currently
Temporary cash assistance is supposed to be TEMPORARY
You mad??? Their TEMP ASSISTANCE is being stolen....you must work like a slave....you can apply too...you sound bitter....don't come for me bc I don't get any!!!!
Tell that to the lady with 5 kids.
Speechless! Will people ever go to work?
They doing it out here too -California
How is that they're giving a woman free money to mind 5 children how the hell did she come by 5 children and no Father ?
Winston great point but no one wants to discuss this problem. I have seen young men that have 5 or more women pregnant @ same time. The women all sign up for benefits, housing, energy, groceries, money etc and give to him never revealing his identity. This is a major problem and then we wonder why crime is rampant.
She could have multiple foster children. Raising children of a deceased sibling/friend. You have no idea what her true situation is .
@@yahya4370 you really believe that ?
@@yahya4370 I realize you want to give benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately I am not seeing this phenomenon. There is major problem and by ignoring it we are
It happened in California to
Probably insiders at the bank, processor, and/or distribution. Do the cards not have chips? That would prevent cloning. Also, for higher security, some card issuers require chip only and won't allow swiping. It's sad how little the state will help those truly in need. Yet, regular card holders easily get reimbursed for fraud, often involving far greater amounts, with little more than a phone call and maybe mailing some paperwork.
No they don’t have chips
No EBT cards don't have chips🙄😆it's a regular swipe card. Has never changed. But the ebtedge site and automatic phone system tells you to change your pin every so often to reduce the likelihood of theft. Just as any other debit card does.
Someone is stealing money from people stealing money from the taxpayers.
Lord Have Mercy 🥺
Can the individual set that food stamp card to off/on manually?
Thank God for Mallory!
Get it together Maryland!
The journalist was just dressed beautiful... and very professional!....
It's happen to my neighbors, we are here in Los Angeles
What?! The government doesn’t have IT to fix the holes.
Your information is so secure with the banks and technology companies bunch of b.s. Pass the buck litetally. Lets go back to old school and forget about apps, atms, and wifi crap.
7 Billion $ surplus: See, we're paying too much in taxes.
Five kids and living off the government ????????? WTF is going on ???????
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I'm in California and a few months ago someone in LA took my money a half hour before I got to the bank. I took over a month to get my money back
They're doing this to people who can't afford to fight back. 💔
Why is no one stealing from USDofE or IRS accounts?
lol that is a good one
These circumstances are sad. However, life choices matter. My husband and I had one child. She’s an adult now, no kids, no dependents and works her butt off, just like us.
Why aren't the fathers taking care of these kids, instead of taxpayers, we want the politicians to get all our money.
...in j ail or d e a d probably
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Here we go again WELLS Fargo!!
This is absolutely Terrible 😔
Yoooo i heard about Wells Fargo! I was gonna get an account with them but my cousin stopped and said they’re horrible. Thank god i didn’t
@@EDPISINNOCENT He's absolutely right.. Don't!! Look into any business that are backed by this bank.. Save yourself alot of headache 👍
Why are these people receiving temporary assistance, when they should, or could be working? And why do people keep bearing children, if you can't afford them yourself, taxpayer's should not be picking up the tab.
@Mistamoneybagz HELL NO!! Tat excuse I'd dead and buried. Anyhow that one with the 5 kids she had them all before the pandemic!
This is disgrace, always the people that have no businesses breeding breed the most!
@@galegrazutis964 Iam sure you consider yourself a religious person. Whatever religion you practice. Your kind are always the ones who condemn others who are good people who are the real CHRISTIANS. No person who loves God lives with a heart as evil and petty as you show. God will not show mercy or grace to those who enjoy others suffering. Just watch!!
@@elaineford39 THE WELFARE SYSTEM NEEDS A HUGE SHAKE UP!
Wow Wells Fargo is stilling the snap benefits
I am originally from Baltimore n have lived out west for some years now n I'm gonna tell you all for a politician to get involved n try to help with something like this is very rare. Lawmakers don't care anymore. I have live in several states in this country n nothing like that ever happens. Kudos fir her to do the interview n even ask why it's happening n try to get it fixed. Nobody else is doing that anywhere in the country. Hope you all get your money back.
They created this mess. And this is just for a photo opp and a vote. These people keep voting for the same masters that set them up for the modern day plantation....WELFARE!!! The payment is the vote. And the vote is power and money for the politician.
All I remember about this story is a woman has 5 children and is on welfare. 😖
Stop having kids.
Shocker right?
What makes the sad, they are stealing from the poor, this is crazy
@Darrell Dobson That your ancestors created, yet you complain. Taught people how to be lazy. By having slaves to do the work for them.
@Darrell Dobson 🤔
What makes this sad is that they are complaining like they clocked in and earned the bread
@@kevinakakp9120 Is only the men does clock in 😀
@Darrell Dobson 😀
What have you done for $2200?
ROFL 😆😂🤣
They’re remote workers, lounging, smoking, drinking, installing fake hair on their heads, popping out babies like popcorn
@@kevinakakp9120 😀
@@kevinakakp9120 And getting free phones. Whatever they need. While the working play for them. Sickening!
The problem is the debit cards, get rid of it, use direct deposits to their accounts, problem solved.
They need to stop making welfare so freaking easy and convenient. make them stand in line every month and go and pick up their checks!!! they should come to hate the process and maybe, just maybe, they will get some pride about themselves and depend on themselves like the grownups who were grown enough to not need the government to sleep with their many men!!!!!
I pray this issue is resolved, what are families to do if this occurs??? God bless these families 🙏
Yea because praying fixes everything right. Gtfoh with that useless crap.
Why are they getting so much in benefits.
Why are people paying taxs for this filth to live better than people who work
Why are we sending Ukraine so much assistance, what they receive is a drop in the bucket compared to billions of dollars to a foreign country. Americans first right?
@@awaters8784 that went into some corrupt politicians pocket over there I literally just watched a video of them fighting in Ukraine with a pickup truck launching missiles from a trailer
Many people vote for democrats.
I'm wondering the same, when I hear people CONSTANTLY complaining about the pennies they get!
If it’s skimming then why can’t the victims use a different machine. It still doesn’t explain how money is being siphoned from Baltimore to Los Angeles? It’s not making sense.
First it was chicago then California now Baltimore I feel it’s going to be many more cities and states with this scam that’s sad like what criminals would do that that’s very low they already trying to survive with kids and living in proverty income wise that’s jus low
Wow. That’s beyond shameful.
5 kids. Make better choices. The government is not your baby daddy. Disgusting.
They doing this everywhere it happen to my 70 yr old daddy in chicago
Dont worry the $$$ was never yours to begin with. Imagine having multiple kids you know you cant take care of and expecting other people to take care of them.
Imagine working 400 years and never receiving a dime!
@@anjahrael5169 sooo.....whats your point? Sounds like a long time ago problem to me. Diff time diff generation. TRY AGAIN!
This happen to me on April 3rd I called at 12 am and someone took it at 3 am. One was at wells fargo and another at bank of america. I work and I get assistance someone took it. They took 1000 then took 340 and left me 60 dollars. I got 4 kids. I never got my money stolen and when I went to the county for the first time the month later my cash was stolen. It happen to my neighbor and a friend. I got my money back.
I mean June 3rd*
Why can’t you support your own family
@@dcg590 WELL KAREN I ACTUALLY WORK AND MEDICAL INSURANCE IS EXPENSIVE AND I HAVE 2 SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND AS A MEDICAL CARE GIVER MY WAGES DONT COVER ME TAKING OFF TO PROVIDE FOR MY 2 SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS AND INCOME CARE THEY NEED BUT HEY KAREN IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE AND BE JUDGEMENTAL LET ME KNOW
@@dcg590 lmfao from looking at your comment history your a racist and a dam republican that just hates on people and comments behind a keyboard but hey let's find your Facebook and out every comment you have made
That is so wrong on the star side!!!
The workers is doing it I believe
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Federal assistance agencies need to demand the federal government design enhanced security features AND any amount of funds lost is heartless!!!
I live in California and my benefits was stolen, and they did replacement assistance, after 2 weeks, a police report, and some form I had to fill out.
My benefits was swiped in Los Angeles as well and I stay 5 hours away.
This sounds like an inside deal..
There’s Hells Fargo, I mean Wells Fargo name popping up!
Thats sad, everybody needs their hard earned money…
Hard earn money ? Who work for that money ?
@@winstonmarajh991 stealing is a crime, no matter if its from a income check or from the rich.
@@tysonminlo4938 well, the people who,get free money for a lifetime are stealing from tax payers.
@@dcg590 do you know how much we waste building airplanes with no war in sight. thats stealing too.
Reminded me of the days when you used to have to babysit the mailbox to keep thieves from grabbing your check!
And food stamps
Were taking that tax money back
And the fed govt wants to issue an electronic currency? Please. Can they do anything right?
Obviously the welfare state is a problem unto itself, but stop using ATM's and commercial banks. Go to a local credit union, then be careful where you use the card. If all else fails, carry cash and exercise your Second Amendment Rights!!