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I received a text message about a fraudulent charge made to my Chime banking account of $445.17 at a Target in Orlando, FL on Tuesday, June 3rd at 7:30PM. Then I received a text on June 4, 2025 at 11:52AM from 803-391-0502 about a fraudulent charge made in Idaho for $390. I saw no proof of those transactions on my account. I woke up this morning, June 5th 2025 and had received a message from 803-977-3357 stating there was an attempt to make a P2P transfer to Aaron Wilson for $960.28. Then the 803-391-0502 number called me and I answered. The caller told me my entire account had been compromised because an unknown person had access to my account and claimed to be Chime support. They were telling me to use the "Pay Anyone" feature to an email. The last four digits of that email are part of my social security that I did not provide them with, and had not created this account myself. Chime blocked this transaction, but the caller had me try it again with a new email. This transaction also did not go through. The caller told me they would call me back when the system was internally reset by the Chime security team. Then the caller calls me back at 2:00pm on a new number 844-244-6363 which is the number listed on Chime's website as customer support. I ignored the first two calls and answered the third. We proceeded with the transaction by adding all of the funds in my checking and savings account to a "MyBamboo" virtual card. The caller then instructed me to add the virtual card to my apple wallet on my phone. They told me I could go to a Chime affiliated ATM and use my Chime debit card to withdraw all of the money from my account in cash. I tried to do this twice and it did not work. I now have two pending transactions of $1493.12 and $960.28 to the "MyBamboo" virtual card, which I do not have any virtual or physical access to. I have contacted the Chime support team to report the fraud.