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If a box of your checks gets stolen from your mailbox, only call if you're going to cancel your account, at least if your bank is Wells Fargo. One blogger found they refused to cancel a whole box worth of checks stolen from his mailbox. And Wells Fargo told him that if he hung up without canceling his account, he removed the bank of any liability for any fraudulent checks getting cashed...
If a box of your checks gets stolen from your mailbox, only call if you’re going to cancel your account, at least if your bank is Wells Fargo. One blogger found they refused to cancel a whole box worth of checks stolen from his mailbox. And Wells Fargo told him that if he hung up without canceling his account, he removed the bank of any liability for any fraudulent checks getting cashed…
That’s why Cedric’s advice is: If your checks get stolen, don’t tell your bank… — BEN POPKEN
Advice if your checks ever get stolen: don’t tell your bank [Otaku] (Thanks to Nick, Ramit and Michael!)
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