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Bank interest scam? MB thoughts

Posted on 4/15/18 at 10:19 am
Posted by skidry
Member since Jul 2009
3278 posts
Posted on 4/15/18 at 10:19 am
So my wife wrote herself a check out of our joint account (USAA) into her personal account (Regions) for a small business she runs. She wrote and deposited the check on 4/10. Our balance in the joint account is roughly 7 times the amount of the check. The funds cleared our joint account on 4/11. As of 4/14 the funds were still not available in her personal account.

On 4/14 we got a letter from Regoins saying “The availability of these funds is being delayed because of the following: -We have confidential information that indicates the funds may not be paid.”
It goes on to say that the funds will be available on 4/19 if the check clears.

Is this normal? I have never seen or heard of such a thing. Is my joint account about to seized by Mueller?? What information could they have? Nothing out of the ordinary is happening with my accounts right now.
Posted by LPTReb
Member since Jul 2016
469 posts
Posted on 4/15/18 at 11:02 am to
Is this something she does fairly often and for large amounts compared to the average balance of the Regions account? If so, it could have gotten flagged by their software as possible kiting, which would have necessitated the extended hold to make sure it isn’t. Frequent deposits from an account at another bank owned by the account holder can get extra attention due to kiting risks. Besides that, I have no idea why it would be flagged.
Posted by castorinho
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 4/15/18 at 2:54 pm to
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Bank interest scam
are you saying they're keeping it this long so they can draw interest from it?
Posted by TG_
Member since Mar 2018
340 posts
Posted on 4/15/18 at 3:05 pm to
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Regions

quote:

We have confidential information that indicates the funds may not be paid.”


Had something similar happen to me. I had to write myself a check from one account to my regions account to pay for tuition and they sent me a similar letter. It was bullshite and the check was for about 8K. Fast forward, these frickers told me they were holding funds for 2 weeks. I was pissed. I told her cancel my account and close everything. I have since moved to chase and couldn’t be happier.

Bottom line, fck regions.
This post was edited on 4/15/18 at 3:13 pm
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