Dear Sir,
I am holding SBI credit card from the year 2007 & i never had issues till Mar 28-2013. On Mar 28-2013, Some body did on-line transactions in United States Dollar for Around Rs 16000/- .
I came to know this two days later but before i realise this; SBI credit card company hotlisted my credit card & they freezed my credit card.
On 31-Mar-2013, i contacted the SBI credit card customer care & informed about the fraud & my non-authorization those transactions. They accepted my complaint & requested me to submit the dispute forms & i submitted the same to them via E-mail on 1-Apr-2013.
Nodal officer from SBI card called me & assured that my money will be credit ed back within 120 days & i need not bother when those transactions are really fraudent.
After my remainder SBI card replied that all transactions are legible & i need to clear the dues with fine for 3 months which they took for investigation. I replied back with the non-acceptance to pay the outstanding dues & asked for report on the transactions.
The SBI card customer care called me on 26-Jun-2013 & they will surely help me to resolve this issue with money back but they replied back on 17-Jul-2013 by saying that they cannot recover the money & i have to contact the merchant for the recovery & has to pay the money to SBI credit card.
The contact details what ever they sent doesnot contain contact name/Phone number/E-mail of the merchant & i asked for more clarification on how the hotlisted transaction is approved without my acknowldegement. SBI card is not giving valid information on the merchant & also for my query on approval of fraudlent transactions which they detected.
Please direct me what to do now!
Am i bound to pay the money for fraudulent transactions to the credit card company?
Note: Please find the discussions in the attachment with SBI card!
Thanks,
Sathiyan