Fraud !!!!!!

I had 500 taken from my account, square said it would take 2 days to return my funds. Its been 11 days and no update, Im calling everyday, Anyone have this experience ? How long did it take to get your money back ?

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Without a more detailed explanation of what happened, nobody here will be able to offer any guidance.

 

Why was $500 take from your account?  

Which account was it taken from?

What was the reason given for it being taken?

Who took the money?

Was this a result of a chargeback?  If so, what was the chargeback reason given?

Was this fraud where an unauthorized person hacked your account?

 

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it was definitely unauthorized, i dont know who or how, 

I called sqare as soon as I saw the nitification

 

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I’ve been with Square for 11 years. Use it for all of my POS transactions, invoicing, appointments, and more. I have never once had any bad chargebacks or fraud. But I am interested in hearing how this might have happened, and how it can be addressed, in case anything like this ever happens to me or my art students (I recommend Square to all of my students looking to start start teaching or selling their art). 

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i been with square 5 years and never had a problem till now. I thought we had some sort of security ?

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Was it from your Square balance? Or from your bank account?

 

My guess (only a guess; you haven't explained enough) is that it's a chargeback by a bank for an unauthorized transaction. The T&C are clear - a successful chargeback will be taken from your balance or bank. Usually, Square will have emailed you to explain, you'd have had the opportunity to dispute a chargeback if it was that. . 

 

Square has security if you turn it on. Dashboard > Payments & Invoices > Risk Manager.  There you can set what sort of transaction triggers you want to hold or block. I had a run of bad fraudulent transactions a few years back, after setting the Risk Manager I have not had one since. 

 

But if it was a successful chargeback there's nothing you can do. You've lost stock and time and possibly postage with nothing to show for it, unless you're insured for fraud. Welcome to the risk of doing business, fun isn't it! 

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it wasnt a charge back, a random stranger logged in to my account and did a Bill Pay ( which I have never done ).

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