Not sure how to put this.....odd question..

choccyface2006

Is it possible for a government agency to transfer a large amount of money (say 30 million) to an anonymous bank account without any chance of the money being put back in the original account once the transfer is complete?

By the way I am not planning to anything untoward here :rotfl: :rotfl:
my dad asked me today as he is doing research for a book he is writing.............honest!!

Thanks

Sarah

jackomdj

I can't help....but is this what your details are going to look like next week?

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Nicky

CLAPTON

£30 million is not a lot to transfer

but what is an anonymous bank acccount.. it that one without a sort code and account number ?

choccyface2006

Hmmmm...I'm not sure, I think I need to ask my dad some more questions on this, surly to have an account you would need these things but the agency making the transfer would know these but no the name of the account holder.

Sarah

choccyface2006

jackomdj wrote: »

I can't help....but is this what your details are going to look like next week?

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Nicky

Very good - I like it!

choccyface2006

I am guessing that its not beyond the realms of possibility that a bank account with a fake name could be set up so even if the payee knew the account holders name it would mean nothing anyway

Sarah

JPizzle

but obviously using a fake name and therefore fake ID is dipping your foot into the pool of fraud.

bengal-stripe

I take it, your dad got the same e-mail from that general’s widow in Nigeria, just as I got, couple of months ago.

In my case it was only miserly 5 million she wanted to transfer into my bank account, either Pounds, Euros, Dollars, can’t remember.

Well, of course your dad is “writing a book”!

choccyface2006

Oh yes that make much more sense!!

Daft old dad eh!

choccyface2006

JPizzle wrote: »

but obviously using a fake name and therefore fake ID is dipping your foot into the pool of fraud.

Yes but since this is a fictional book not real life I only really want to know if its possible rather than fraudulent

Sarah

MrsTinks

Wouldn't it simply be easier to use a Swizz account? I don't think they use "names" but purely numbers... I could be wrong...
Depends on the plot line of course if that is plausible.
I guess with a stole ID it might be possible, even easier would be to get the bank details of a person travelling abroad and hack their details - then get the money transfered in. Once the money is there then transfer it to another account - preferably abroad. Ofcourse once someone notices the money is missing then they will start tracking the money - if it leaves the UK then interpol gets involved... I think the only way to make it truly in traceable is to take it out as cash and then deposit it in a totally different name in a different bank - or even better - several banks.