
This week I'm celebrating that even though I found two fraudulent charges on my checking account, they only totaled around $200. This is the first time that this has happened to me and I realize how lucky I am that it wasn't thousands of dollars that were charged in error. I know how scary identity fraud and credit card fraud is and that others have had it way worse than me. Let's hope this never happens again!
I will have to close my checking account because the charges were made by stealing my account number, but this has given my husband and I a kick in the pants to do what we've been talking about for the past year or so...open an account at a local bank. Goodbye big corporate government fed bank! Hello to supporting local businesses!
I even got a free pen and lollipop when I opened my new account :) Let's celebrate those too!
Happy 4th of July!
What are you celebrating?
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