11-05-2011, 04:29 AM
quote:actually I heard about this from my neighbors and switched banks to HFS for that very reason. That was a scarey thing and as I recall there were two in on this. Amazing to pull off as one person, but this was a team here in Hawaii.
Originally posted by Kapohocat
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Originally posted by Alex
quote:What kind of scam?
Originally posted by Kapohocat
You may have been unaware of a scam two of their tellers in Hilo pulled in 2009, arrested for a scam on older people. They kept that pretty hush hush - FBI and Secret Service were in - one of those scammed was my Dad. It did not make the news media surprise surprise.
Two tellers were allegedly taking money from older people, primarily men I understand. They would start chatting with people like my 75 yr old dad, and since he took the same amount of cash out each week, (didnt like ATM's) they would up it by $100-200, give the older person their usual cash, and pocket the other money. the older people typically didnt look at their receipts because they were chatty with the cute teller. My mom noticed it because she balances the check book, and thought maybe Pops had a girlfriend... j/k! Then the FBi called - I guess someone else had caught it. Pops had to go down to the bank and make a report. They got almost all their money back - about $1000-1200 I think.
I have been with HFS since and like them just fine. No problems getting loans at all and people are friendly.