Consumer complaint received 2023-05-17
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: CA
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement
Sub-issue: Card was charged for something you did not purchase with the card

Complaint:
I have a serious concern about BOA and how it's protection process to the unauthorized charges and ID theft on customer 's account. I have been reaching out the the fraud department as well as provide several evidences showing the transactions on the stolen credit cards are unauthorized. BOA has never reach out nor provided helpful assistance when I called in. The members in the fraud department are super unprofessional and irresponsible, they requested responses from me a minute before closing the claim and hurrying me to pay the unauthorized balance. I am serious asking my lawyer to prepare legal document against BOA 's unprofessional behavior. Below are the evidence to the ID theft transactions. 

I am writing this letter in response to claim number XXXX associated with credit card # XXXX. Upon receiving the decision letter on XXXX XXXX, XXXX, along with the information, the merchant provided claim # XXXX. I am providing you with some information to prove that the total amount of {$7200.00} is unauthorized and associated with identity theft. My wallet was stolen on XX/XX/XXXX. I first noticed it when I returned to work from lunch in XXXX XXXX and received text messages from BOA indicating two transactions from XXXX ( {$3600.00} each ). And I wanted to call BOA 's number on the back of the credit card, but I then found out my wallet had been stolen. Both unauthorized transactions were made at the same time. I called BOA immediately to report the loss. There is one drivers license, one BOA credit card, {$50.00} cash, and a couple of business cards in the wallet. I've opened the claim with BOA twice. The second claim, I even provide solid evidences to prove the information merchant provided is associate to the identity theft activity by the thief, including 1. IP address is not mind, 2. the email address is associated to old account that was expose to ID theft and already been discontinued. 3. I do not recognize the foreign language the merchant provided. 4. The merchant proclaimed that the transactions is for a XXXX game. I have never been to XXXX, and all XXXX games need to be downloaded when a user physically in XXXX. Therefore, it is impossible for me to make the transactions. 5. The thief signed a handwriting form with my driver 's license and credit card in a photo. It is easy to do so with anyone who stole my wallet. However, the signature and handwriting are not match myself. BOA should had my signature on file, but lack of the responsibility to verify it but asking my to be responsible to the transactions the thief made. 6. Not to mention the thief signed as XXXX, which I never used this name. I have provided all documents ( including ID theft report, police report, statements against the merchant 's evident in details with image attached ) and faxed them over to XXXX, but BOA seems never looking into what customers provided rather than urging themselves to get the money. This is the third time I attempted to make the complaint peacefully, and I would choose let my attorney speaks for me next time if BOA continues neglecting to verify the true information but being inclined to the merchants even the evidences from the customers are soiled.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation