I was the victim of a scam six years ago for a large sum of money. I was sent fraudulent checks, which I was not aware of at the time, and my bank cashed those checks out to me even without the necessary funds to cover the checks. Thinking that this money was from a legitimate employer I cashed the checks and I sent the remaining money as they had asked. I was still in college at the time. Bank of America closed my account and made me pay the money back through a debt collector. Worried that my credit and reputation was at stake, I setup payments and paid all the money back. Still any time that I try to open a new bank account, I am rejected even though I have good credit and no other complaints on my history besides this one incident. I am always told that I need to talk to the " Risk Department. '' They then tell me that there is nothing they can do to remove my name off the alert and have me contact the XXXX ( XXXX ). When I call that companies customer service they tell me that there is nothing they can do and that Bank of America is the company responsible for removing my name from the list. Thankfully, I was able to get an account with another bank by starting out with a very limited savings account and was allowed to have a checking account after we " developed a relationship '' and I was put on a trust list with their bank. I can not even be added to my wife 's Bank of America account due to this issue. My credit score is really good and we are looking to buy a house soon. My loan specialist really wants both of our names on our bank accounts. Because this has been such a hassle, my wife is probably going to have to close her account with Bank of America and put all of her savings into my account with my bank ; therefore creating more work for her. My wife 's account is where the majority of our financial savings lies and we need to be able to show that for the home loan we are applying for. I do not understand why I am not able to be cleared even after I have paid all of the amount of the scam off. Though bank error was also a fault in the issue, I paid all of the Claim amount to the debt collector by XXXX of 2012 in order to try to reestablish my reputation. 
