Wells Fargo ignores credit card bait-and-switch fraud reports
A consumer was charged $96 by an unknown company one minute after a $54 purchase, with Wells Fargo refusing to classify it as fraud. Individual complaints about bank dispute processes represent a systemic gap in consumer protection enforcement but lack a clear software solution entry point.
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