My transaction failed to go through and the prompt referred me to the nearest branch. I knew something is up.

When Bruce the teller handed me a list of recent transaction to verify, I glanced at it from top to bottom. It reminded me of those looong shopping lists you see on TV that could almost touch your knees. Blah! Blah Blah! Ikea! Good! Staples! checked! WHOA! What the fuck is this? $500?! There were two of these withdraws from the Green Machine on the receipt. Ones that were made while I was at work. Bruce then explained to me that I was the lucky winner of a debit card fraud.

Whoa! whoa! whoa! This has never happened to me in my life. What an honour! These tech-savvy thieves think I am rich!

I called up the loss prevention department and played 20 questions with them to verify I am the man I say i am (Dare da tomotte yagaru??). Then, this voice on the receiver assured me my case would be submitted to their Security and investigation team, and if everything checks out, they would reimburse me in a week's time.

I hope so since going from a meager withdrawal of $80/week to a $500/day rampage is a little out of character for me (even for a Con)!

There is one thing that's bothering me though. The money has gone missing ON payday and the day after that. Isn't the timing awfully spot on? They could have easily hit me before payday...It's as though they knew when and exactly how much...and there are only two places that know about my pay period. The bank and the company I work for...