Bank of America + Driver's License

[Anonymous]

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@IOBA wrote:

@Hokies2379 - no, no ding, but a better explanation.

The person who they were trying to reach last known to live on the east coast.  

I was temporarily living in Hawaii.  With the time difference, yes, the calls were coming in at 2 and 3 am.

Money laundering - that makes sense.  Would someone make small deposits of less than $100 for money laundering?

I don't have a debit card for BA and could not electronically transfer funds to the account since there was no money in my bank account and all I had was cash.  My bank does not have local branches, so I could not go in and deposit the cash into my account to transfer to the other person's account.

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Then get a debit card? It's 2016 after all.

[IOBA]

I don't like Bank of America and I am not getting an account with them to loan my folks money.  Nope.  And now that my folks now I can't give them any money, it's a moot point with Bank of America.

As for the other companies demanding way more information than is really necessary to pay a bill - they can screw it.  I don't have to provide my DOB and SS# to pay each and every single bill that comes my way.  Either accept my funds or not.  And if you won't accept it directly, my bank will send you a check and you STILL won't get my DOB and SS#.  *eye roll*   There's nothing criminal about using a credit card to pay an exact amount of a bill.  There's nothing criminal about using cash - either exact bills or very, very close it to - to buy something cheap.

It seems like too many people are requiring way more information that is necessary to process a transaction.  The grocery stores may be next.  Would you provide your DOB and SS# to buy groceries?  Or buy gas?  Even if you are paying with cash?  Or a credit card?

I am hyper sensitive to it because I have had my identity stolen before.