Green Country couple fears losing home, fraud alert freezes much needed cash

Green Country couple fears losing home, fraud alert freezes much needed cash

TO GILBERT - LOOK FOR THIS STORYON KJRH DOT-COM.MOST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSOFFER FRAUD ALERTS TO HELP YOUHOLD ON TO YOUR MONEY.BUT AS 2 WORKS FOR YOUPROBLEM SOLVER PETE KNUTSONFOUND OUT ...FOR ONE FAMILY ...AN ALERT LED TO A FINANCIALCRISIS.RAYMOND HARRIS WAS A VETERANOF THE ARMY ... SERVED DURINGVIETNAM.(YEARS LATER ... ON THIS WOODEDLAND IN OKMULGEE COUNTY ...RAYMOND'S SON ANDDAUGHTER-IN-LAW WOULD MOVE INTOHIS SINGLE STORY HOME.DERRICK AND SUSAN WOULD CAREFOR HIS AILING DAD ... FOR MORETHAN TWO YEARS... BEFORE HEFINALLY PASSED AWAY FEW DAYSBEFORE THANKSGIVING.RAYMOND HAD LEFT THEM THEHOUSE.BUT THEN ..

A FINANCIAL SHOCK."We've gotten to a desperationpoint with it."FOR YEARS ... DERRICK ANDSUSAN USED A GREEN DOT SAVINGSACCOUNT.THEY HAD NEARLY 22-HUNDREDDOLLARS IN IT ... WHICH WOULD BEUSED FOR SOME MORTGAGE PAYMENTSAND THE FEES FOR TRANSFERRINGRAYMOND'S HOUSE INTO THEIRNAMES.BUT THEN..

A FEW DAYS BEFORECHRISTMAS ... SUSAN SAYS THEYRECEIVED A FRAUD ALERT..

SO THEYLOCKED THE ACCOUNT.STILL ..

SOMEONE WAS ABLE TOTAKE OUT A THOUSAND BUCKS ... IN2 SEPARATE WITHDRAWALS.THEN... GREEN DOT FROZE THEENTIRE ACCOUNT ..

INCLUDING THEREMAINING 12-HUNDRED DOLLARS.SUSAN SAYS SHE'S CALLED GREENDOT SEVERAL TIMES ... WITH NOLUCK RECOVERING THE STOLEN CASH.NOW..

SUSAN SAYS THEY'VEMISSED MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, ANDARE AFRAID OF LOSING THEIR HOME..

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY... LANDTHAT'S BEEN IN DERRICK'S FAMILYFOR GENERATIONS."It's his life, and this is partof him family and heritage.

It'snot just a place we're crashing,it's part of is life.""After hearing the Harris'sstory, we got in touch with aGreen Dot representative.

Shepromised to look into thesituation.

And if wasn't longbefore that thousand dollars wasback in their account.""Oh, my God""Whoa!

Wait a minute, themoney's back!"NOW... WE'RE WORKING TO GETTHE ACCOUNT UNLOCKED ... SO THEHARRIS' CAN GET THE MONEY THEYNEED TO HELP SAVE THEIR HOME...