Bank denies fraud claim on transactions made in another state
A Truist customer had multiple unauthorized transactions at out-of-state locations denied as fraud claims, with the bank attributing them to the customer's phone. The geographic impossibility of the transactions was not factored into the investigation. Bank fraud detection systems that require the customer to prove a negative create high barriers for legitimate dispute resolution.
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