I have had a terrible and frustrating experience with Citibank dealing with what started as a billing dispute, but was later revealed to be fraud. They are now telling me that they will not help further, even though they acknowledge the fraud, because of how the dispute was originally opened by their team they will not protect me. In other words, their zero liability protection claims are false in this case. 

There was absolutely no way to know this was fraud perpetrated by scamming " business '' until after the dispute was opened. Therefore there was no indication at all that I needed to speak to their fraud team first. This is not noted anywhere in my customer agreement or in any of the documentation was received. 

Once the merchant provided their " proof '' of the purchase was the fraud discovered. They fabricated receipts and also forged my signature. At this point I contacted Citi again and followed all of their instructions. I even spoke with a security specialist who assured me that the fraudulent charge was being removed and I was not liable at all for it. He also closed down my account and issued a new card. 

Today they are telling me that they misinformed me and they will not offer liability protection. They made an offer of a {$250.00} credit which still leaves me out of pocket about {$500.00} for this fraud. They also made a completely unhelpful suggestion or working with the merchant directly, contacting local police, or even the better business bureau. And these suggestions were made while they clearly knew this fraud occurred while I was travelling out of the country. Not one of those suggestions was remotely helpful. 

I am beyond belief and in desperate need of help trying to not let Citi to allow the bad guys to win and to honor both what they told me and what is posted on their site about liability protection. 

Please assist! 
