I recieved an unusually high number of fraud related calls at work today. This really got me thinking that I should check my bank statement more often. So many people call into CCBill claiming fraudulent charges that have been going on for a year, and they never noticed until now. I don’t want to be that guy. That’s the premise behind this idea.
I want to create a script that will log onto my bank account and check my recent transactions. The script can then determine (based on rules I set) if a transaction is considered “suspicious”. If it IS, then an e-mail or text message (or both) will be sent to me to notify me. I can then log into the bank page myself to check the transaction further to verify whether or not the transaction is legitimate. This really is no replacement for just checking my statement once a week, but I’m lazy and I know it. I don’t think to check it. It’s not a bad idea to have a backup plan 
