Free money???

chkurz

I woke up one day this week to find a credit on my current account (small amount of 4.21) that was labelled with my name and withdrawal but I had no idea where it came from. After investigation it came from a Natwest account 60-00-01 39**8618 - anybody know who/which institution that is? (I don't even have an account with NatWest).
Apparently the same thing happened to somebody else (http://the-hug.org/opus866.html?printable=Y)

Not sure if I need to worry about somebody possibly having an account under my name there?

Richard_Cocks

First off I'd remove the first 4 digits of that acc no. from your post!
Secondly, you can look up UK sort codes on wikipedia!
edit: which it seems you've done cos you say it's Natwest, which it is!

Someone has probably just accidentally sent it to the wrong account, just inform your bank that you've been given money in error, they should deal with it.

maxsquared

Try this: http://www.postcodeanywhere.co.uk/demos/bankvalidator.aspx

Lorian

Richard_Cocks wrote: »

First off I'd remove the first 4 digits of that acc no. from your post!

In case someone sends some money to it

masonic

Richard_Cocks wrote: »

First off I'd remove the first 4 digits of that acc no. from your post!

Why? If you could do anything nefarious with just an account number and sort code, then fraudsters could just sit there all day with a random number generator...

PROLIANT

Lorian wrote: »

In case someone sends some money to it

Or sets up a direct debit to a charity. :think::whistle:

masonic

PROLIANT wrote: »

Or sets up a direct debit to a charity. :think::whistle:

You'd need the accountholder's name for that.

Richard_Cocks

I was actually just thinking for data protection / privacy reasons rather than specific fraud/security concerns.

I just would consider it rather impolite if that were my acc number.

chkurz

well the point is that it isn't a person's account - otherwise their name should come with the transaction! in this case it had my name against it and i certainly do not hold that account.
but i took 2 digits out anyway...

Richard_Cocks

Have you ever had an account with Natwest or subsidaries? Lots of banks are chasing "dormant accounts" in preparation for handing over anything left to the treasury.

chkurz

nope... don't even have one with rbs!