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huda · 01-19-2009, 09:06 AM

About 10 years ago (damn I'm old!) I opened a bank account in New York City and deposited some cash there for my USA travels. I never came back and just left the money there. Yesterday I remembered having that bank account and that Citibank has stopped sending me Statements in 2007. So I call up to see how rich I am. I told her I was not an American citizen or resident or anything and that I need to know why I didn't get any statements in the past.
The very annoying customer service agent kept asking for a social security number which I cannot have. So finally after taking my account info she said there were no records of my Name, the Account number and my Card Number and that my money was gone. GONE!!!

But there is hope: Chrissy (the only person I know who knows about banks in America) from WebmasterChecks was very helpful and got me the info "banks do consider accounts not used for more than a year inactive and accounts not used for more than 2 years dormant". And for me "inactive" sounds better than gone.

So tomorrow I will call them again and see how I can get my $3000 back. I am so pissed, this sucks so much!

I wonder if I will see my money again or if the bank used it to finance more shady loans and investments.

01-19-2009, 09:06 AM
huda Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 500	Citibank closed my bank account and stole my money because it was inactive WTF!! About 10 years ago (damn I'm old!) I opened a bank account in New York City and deposited some cash there for my USA travels. I never came back and just left the money there. Yesterday I remembered having that bank account and that Citibank has stopped sending me Statements in 2007. So I call up to see how rich I am. I told her I was not an American citizen or resident or anything and that I need to know why I didn't get any statements in the past. The very annoying customer service agent kept asking for a social security number which I cannot have. So finally after taking my account info she said there were no records of my Name, the Account number and my Card Number and that my money was gone. GONE!!! But there is hope: Chrissy (the only person I know who knows about banks in America) from WebmasterChecks was very helpful and got me the info "banks do consider accounts not used for more than a year inactive and accounts not used for more than 2 years dormant". And for me "inactive" sounds better than gone. So tomorrow I will call them again and see how I can get my $3000 back. I am so pissed, this sucks so much! I wonder if I will see my money again or if the bank used it to finance more shady loans and investments. Last edited by huda; 01-19-2009 at 09:08 AM..