Zephar Bank Visa Scam Warning
Written by carnold
Posted On: March 10, 2005
Post subject: Zephar Bank Visa
Barbara
Date: 11/13/2000 11:30 am CDT
Is Zephar Bank legitimate, and if so where are they located and how do I reach them.
Board Monitor - CA
Date: 11/15/2000 10:44 am CDT
Barbara,
Thanks for your post! I did a search for Zephar Bank on my favorite search engine Google, but it did not yield any results. Then I searched using MetaCrawler (which searches multiple search engines) and still did not get any results.
Did you receive an offer from this bank? Please post any additional details and someone may be able to help.
Best Regards,
Curtis Arnold
CFCCT PR Director
http://www.cardratings.org
Linda
Date: 11/15/2000 11:44 pm CDT
GMTA
Google can find anything!! I did a yellow pages search - nothing on ‘em.
Linda
Barbara
Date: 11/17/2000 6:34 am CDT
I received a call from a representative of Zephar Bank he said I was to receive an unsecured visa for $2500.00. I was told by this man there was a one time charge of $49.00. I gave him permission for a one time payment withdraw from my checking account for the amount of $49.00. When the auto withdraw went through it was for$149.00 and was taken out by ARCH DEBIT RAPID PAY CORP, 10-24 SALE ON 10/27/2000. I still haven’t received my visa I would like to know if this establishment really exists. Any information I could obtain would be appreciated.
GEORGE
Date: 11/17/2000 6:46 am CDT
SORRY, you probably got ripped off.
Have your bank try to charge it back.
Linda
Date: 11/17/2000 9:11 am CDT
Yeah, George is right. Call your bank - they probably have a fraud department. If not, contact the FTC - this really could be fraud, and in this case, if it is, it is wire fraud, a federal offense - along with a few other things.
I think I would close that account, if I were you. Someone can get money out of your account anytime they want to.
Linda
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Curtis Arnold, a nationally recognized consumer educator and advocate, has been educating consumers about credit cards since 1998. Curtis is the author of "How You Can Profit from Credit Cards: Using Credit to Improve Your Financial Life and Bottom Line" (FT Press, 2008). He is also the co-author of the upcoming Complete Idiot's Guide to Person-to-Person Lending (Alpha Books/Pengiun Group USA, April 2009), a contribitor to The Ultimate Allowance (InnerWealth Publishing, 2008) and is extensively featured in 42 RulesTM for Driving Success With Books (Super Star Press, January 2009).
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