Any bank people here?

[hblueeyes]

The end of 2011, hubby went to the bank and one of the bankers asked hubby to have me call her because she needs a 9K loan. I called thinking it was a joke. She was serious. The next time I went to the bank I asked her what she needed it for and she said to pay bills(loans). She said she has no collateral to put up.

I am a bit miffed by this. I have never heard of a banker asking its customers for loans.

I recently came into a small bit of money when my Mom died. Not a fortune but alot to me. This banker knows this. Why would I ever give an acquaintance $9000?

How should I approach this?

Me

[3lilpigs]

WTH?? She asked YOU for a loan? (or hinted to it)

I'd complain to the bank manager!! How would she even know this, if she hadn't been looking at your statements/records!

I'd be furious! She had no right to ask you that. How rude

I'd also be changing banks!

[dv8grl]

How should you approach this......?
Say HE!! NO!
Sorry for her luck, we all have bills to pay, guess she should've budgeted. I'd give her the number of the local Pawn Broker.

[SLance68]

You need to immediately contact the branch manager or a branch manager at another location. She needs to be investigated by the bank and terminated. She should NOT have access to anyone's money. That is so wrong it is not even funny.

[justme23]

She works for a bank... how could she possibly NOT have access to see ppls accounts? But I would definitely call someone... anyone over her head... that is just wrong. Maybe she assumes cause she sees yall a lot that yall are more than acquaintances. I would have gone straight to the manager the day she broached the subject w/ me. That is just wrong!

[BeanieLuvR]

I agree with everyone else report her to the branch manager. She probably knows you inherited money because of you doing transaction on your account by seeing an increase in your money but for her to ask you to borrow money is plain wrong.

[SLance68]

She works for a bank... how could she possibly NOT have access to see ppls accounts? But I would definitely call someone... anyone over her head... that is just wrong. Maybe she assumes cause she sees y'all a lot that y'all are more than acquaintances. I would have gone straight to the manager the day she broached the subject w/ me. That is just wrong!

I meant that she should NOT have access to anyone's account and should NOT be working at a bank. There have been more than one story on the news about "trusted" bank employees stealing from bank patrons. What would stop this woman? Nothing if they are not made aware of her actions.

[baragabrat]

Extremely unprofessional and she should be reported. I wouldn't want her anywhere near my money!

[justme23]

I meant that she should NOT have access to anyone's account and should NOT be working at a bank. There have been more than one story on the news about "trusted" bank employees stealing from bank patrons. What would stop this woman? Nothing if they are not made aware of her actions.

K, on that we can agree.

[gmyers]

I'd be afraid of her having access to your bank account. She might decide to help herself. I think I'd say something to the bank about it.

[Taterbo]

First I would be changing banks ASAP...Then going to upper managment and reporting this person...When they get fired they will have real money issues...but not your problem..

We did around here have an issue with a teller getting CC in elderly customers names--He had the cards sent to the bank--he got the mail for the bank daily-- he then was swipping the cards and stealing small amounts of money from many customers...

[sunniekiss]

I would march hubbys & my tushies down to that bank & head right over to the bank manager & report her. I would also close all of my accounts at that bank. I would also most likely contact the main headquarters ofthe bank.
This woman has a job, in a bank so there is ZERO reason she can't get a loan on her own. If she tried it with you who knows who else she has tried & succeeded with.

Let me add this, never loan anyone money if you plan to keep the friendship. Loaning money is the quickest way to end a friendship. I learned that the hard way myself. The only way now I would ever loan money to anyone if it was a matter of life or death.

[CARROLIN]

Wow! This is just wrong, think about it, her own bank won't even give that loan to her?, and they
pay her wages? How much collateral do ya need? Ha! Please don't give that loan to her, you are
about to be taken. Also nowadays, banks want to help you budget, at least mine does, i have a
graph of a percentage goes to groceries, utilities, entertainment, etc...i bet your bank has that also,
are they gonna put that down under misc? I also believe they use that info for a possible future loan
for youself also. Anyway, i hope you listen to all of us, we really care.

Smiles.
Carrolin

[pepperpot]

Even though a crime has not actually been committed, I would definitely go to the police and discuss this with detectives. I am sure you are not the first person she has approached. I would do this before she high tails it out of town to do this again elsewhere.

[hblueeyes]

Giving her a loan never entered my mind. But I was startled by the whole thing. I wondered if she accessed my account to see what she could get. I was also curious as to why she needed the money. If I were to loan money out to anyone, I would need collateral and a signed note. She made it clear that she did not have collateral and also did not want to be forthcoming with any information. As I pondered the situation, I started wondering if she has done this before and how inappropriate it was.

Plus this was the same bank that did not want my business after my mom made a flip remark about calling Poland after waiting over 20 minutes to cash a bond.

I will definitely be contacting the branch manager.

Thanks

Me

[littlered1]

I would be so disappointed in that bank employee. With so many people out of work and she has the nerve to treat her job with such disrespect, and you the customer with disrespect. That being said.. It would be hard to turn her in if I knew she had little kids to support or something, because she will lose her job. But I also don't think it would be something I could ignore either. I would for sure have to have a talk with the bank manager about how to protect your money. I can't even believe she had the nerve to ask you that.
There have been a lot of cases of employees of non profits around here that have been caught stealing money, I suppose it could happen at a bank also.

[SLance68]

I would be so disappointed in that bank employee. With so many people out of work and she has the nerve to treat her job with such disrespect, and you the customer with disrespect. That being said.. It would be hard to turn her in if I knew she had little kids to support or something, because she will lose her job. But I also don't think it would be something I could ignore either. I would for sure have to have a talk with the bank manager about how to protect your money. I can't even believe she had the nerve to ask you that.
There have been a lot of cases of employees of non profits around here that have been caught stealing money, I suppose it could happen at a bank also.

You would be more concerned about her losing her job - I would be more concerned about her emptying my checking account since she works at a bank and has access to that stuff. She needs to be out of that job and I don't care if she has 10 kids - not my problem.

[sunniekiss]

You would be more concerned about her losing her job - I would be more concerned about her emptying my checking account since she works at a bank and has access to that stuff. She needs to be out of that job and I don't care if she has 10 kids - not my problem.

I agree with Sandy.
She has access to your personal information. If she uses that information it is called bank fraud, idenity theft. It is a federal offense. This comes with a big time jail sentence.

I guess you never had your idenity stolen beacsue if you did you would want her out of that job. My idenity was stolen 6 years ago. It has been a 6 year nightmare. I will never be able to get my credit back to where it was.

[pepperpot]

It boggles my mind how anyone would show sympathy to any STRANGER who has accessed anyone's personal financial information and then decided that they had enough money that they could "loan" them THOUSANDS of dollars!!!!!

Bells should be going off!!! Flags should be raised!!!!!
There is no doubt in my mind that this person is a criminal and more than likely has preyed on people's sympathies before and left them probably penniless!!!! Wake up!!

CALL THE POLICE!!!! Not just alert the bank, she will continue this and move on to more victims.....

[littlered1]

I didn't say I wouldn't turn her in, it would just be hard because she obviously needs some mental help!

[FreeBnutt]

My idenity was stolen 6 years ago. It has been a 6 year nightmare. I will never be able to get my credit back to where it was.

Close to 30 years here for identity theft, and it changes your life completely. 6 years a quickie nap. Sunnie you will, but you need to change how you buy and pay for things. How you sign your name. BUT what helped me was I never ever signed my first name to a cc slip, only my first initial. ALL the 'borrowed' cc slips had my first name signed on the slips. My checks have my first 2 initials on it and last name, when signing check I sign my complete legal name.

Can't wait to find out what the OP did, and if they have any feed back.

[pepperpot]

I didn't say I wouldn't turn her in, it would just be hard because she obviously needs some mental help!
Not all criminals need mental help. They know exactly what they are doing and have planned and plotted this course.

I wouldn't look at it as her "losing her job", I'd look at it as saving innocent victims, which are usually the elderly, kindhearted and mentally impaired. I have sympathy for them, not the devious schemer.

A desperate person in need goes to charity organizations, family members or government assistance (food stamps, etc.). This person has a job and feels entitled to someone else's hard earned money. I bet she purposely took this particular job, which accesses personal information, to seek out her victims.

If she has children and she had to go to jail, you're doing her family (and society) a favor.