I contacted GreenDot and they closed my account. Good Luck to yall. This just happened to me with the Vanilla card$500 down the drain, just like that! I do know that I was in NJ and found out that Green Dot cut my card off and sent the replacement to Houston where I then and still do reside. The numbers listed to call if you having problems to add money to cards are fraud so how do we get help if the money cannot be added??? Add me this has happen to me several times. I am so frustrated the loss of almost 3000 dollars is killing my family. I believe that this is happening because this is a scam. The amount of your tip is still your choice though. They never paid it back but then had shut down the pre-paid cards for a very long time & came back recently with the prepaid cards. The Walmart, Green Dot Prepaid Cards Class Action Lawsuit is Espinoza v. Walmart Inc., et al., Case No. They said that they did not offer installment loans. Even the customer service rep agreed with me that the charges are clearly fraudulent but she cant do anything except send me the complaint forms. They wouldnt turn me over to the fraud department or make a case even. Not happy! Yes, same here! WebLewis named regional field athlete of the year. Hours on the phone. But I cant help because your card is not registered And it was. NEVER buy one of these for a friend or family member. I called the number and the guy was extremely unhelpful; first he said that the number wasnt right and it wasnt even one of their cards. In or around july 2014 my green dot card was hijacked. Walmart trying to get out of it until bad publicity came up is pretty shitty, but that's Walmart, and a lot of other businesses. Wife (who initially made the purchase) went in and didn't have any luck with the CSRs. I think it was the same issue b/c i held onto that card just to see what the deal was and remember seeing the same error number and same message on the check balance site. Hello we are very sorry for the inconveniences,we are deeply sorry about this,kindly contact our Technical support department on 3182390632 for dispute so you can get a refund back. I feel violated on top of being violated. Cant activate, as it will not take my birthdate. Told a manager I was in Houston and someone at the store was using a fake card and making purchases. We both have 2 green dot cards from wal mart . This weeks roundup includes: Ardunio, Ardunio PubSubClient, FronteggGUS, GermanyHCSS, HiveMQ, Hologram, Infobip, Infor SunSystems, Microsoft Service Bus, Mosquitto, Oracle Hospitality Opera, Paho, Paho Android Service, Paho Eclipse, Qualtrics XM, Serverstack, ServiceTitan, Shop Aware, SkysoftConnections, Swift, Trimble Viewpoint, Verizon Thingspace, Wolf MQTT / Wolf SSL, Wolf SSL. I never got my funds so i went to another card. Check with the gift cards issuer for more details. Still no money recouped. I was so furious. My granddaughter just bought a Green Dot Wall Mart Card a few days ago and cannot access any of her Holiday gift money. then they stole $500 out of my account. No one speaks English and no one seems to be able to help me. Ive pretty much given up fighting. All I should have to say is our world is going through a pandemic this is not the time for Greendot to withhold stimulus money. On Google or a TOR browser. Secure. That was two 40ish transactions at a fake pet store in FL. Also based on my experience I dont know if its real outsider hackers or inside ones or questionable companys business policies-processes (like do they reuse card numbers or duplicate them or do they try baiting customers). Wall Mart and Green Dot as SCAM Businesses. Deprecated He went online and seen there was only 9.81 on the card. From calling . I guess you can check the balance by calling? Greendot allowed a scam artist to change all my account information, withdraw $500 out of my account and then when I reported it they closed my account with the rest of my money and refused to refund the $500 or the remaining balance. Its just the same as paying with your debit card. Happening here in Pa also. I guess bank gave them account number. Have spent 3 weeks where no one seems to be liable. I add money in mine and there are charges Ive never made. Please add me! We purchased a green dot gift card from walmart and added $300 dollars. Can someone give me the email for Vanilla gift card? ..Sedition for Continuing Financial Crimes Enterprise. Same problem. Its impossible to reach a person from the # on back of card. Id be okay with a class action suit as well. (This is May of 2022). They are thus quick to settle. I will be moving to a regular bank account soon. They figure, the person is just So even though they know it is fraud they cant do anything. Did you ever receive money back ..same thing happened to me but 5100 dollars was yaken, I recently opened an account with Walmart with with Green Dot Bank. And when I would explain it to them again, they said you just have to wait to see if the money gets returned to the card or gets spent off of it then we will make a claim. Its been 2 weeks no access to my funds, Same thing happened to me 5100 dollars..did you ever get your money back. I tried to register and it failed, advising me to call a phone number. After that, I have to send another fax asking to replace my card. And had nothing whatsoever to do with my $500 being stolen. And agent when I noticed that and I said how dare they after I was already robbed and it sure wasnt on my end so it had to be on their end. Ive called the federal reserve bank and the va and the BBB gor help. This could easily be done with other gift cards as well, so be careful. Three transactions occurred within minutes of one another. WebGift Card Rewards - Deprecated - Use Rewards as a Service. Got me for $3100 and greendot keeps sending the same letter that they have investigated and theyre not liable. Complete B.S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Total fraudulent company and walmart is totally in on this scam as well. Yep I still havent had my issue resolved either!!! I have been on hold for 2 hours for 3 days about my account is being used and I never used it with a $8 balanced. I went home, opened the package and attempted to register it. The only way to combat this, stop buying these cards. Im IN for the class action. It also happened when my Birthday sent my sons a gift card for a hundred dollars and when they went to use it the balance was zero. Not sure of the exact date, but I put $1400 on it that was fraudulently taken. I had to call them back, getting my money back is going to take days and sending me a new gift card (which I hope isnt hacked before I get it). So, how the heck can you prevent that? What happened to Green Dot being federally funded? In the slowest and most excruciatingly attempt to communicate and explain the issue, 2 hours later I got another dispute claim number, sigh. Walmart warns Trump that new China tariffs could mean price hikes on bikes, Christmas lights, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. I have a walmart green dot card. Will try stay away from these deals from now on or spend it immediately (within an hour) after I purchase one. they refused to help. And it could take 90 days to settle (hopefully I will get ALL my money back).