£21,000 paid into account, mistake

aliasojo

gizmoleeds wrote:

There was a story in my local paper this morning about a local man who attempted to keep £50,000 which had been wrongly deposited in his account. He used some (about £20,000) to pay off debts and moved the rest to another account "so that his wife couldn't get at it". :rolleyes:

He was imprisoned for four months - so beware!

Four months? Mmmmm......£50,000......might be worth it......:rotfl:

(Kidding )

jockettuk

if it was you that was supposed to get the 21k and it didnt appear you wouldnt be happy and kicking up a fuss, probably what the person who was supposed to get it is doing right now and as we all know banks dont believe anything we say untill its proven in triplicate, so infact the other person might be fighting at the moment to get there money back..

nemo183

cheerfulcat wrote:

Large portions of which are finding their way into your pension funds, of course...

You do indeed make an excellent point. On the other hand, many pension funds, for safety reasons, have been increasing their holdings in government bonds - which the government were having no trouble in selling at around 3.69%..........

Vlad24

A few years back I had £1,000,000 put into my savings account. It was only there for a few hours but made me £70 interest. It was a savings account I did not use so only found out when I received my yearly statement. Anyway, atleast I can say that I have been a millionaire :j

ahll

I heard on the news the other day that a man had been jailed for keeping some money that was put into his account by mistake ....so beware !!

kenshaz

as long as you do not move the money,or spend,and you have no intent to deceive or
gain by the mistake,leave the money in situ,it is their mistake and they must rectify it,intent is the key word,what is your intent

kenshaz

ahll wrote:

I heard on the news the other day that a man had been jailed for keeping some money that was put into his account by mistake ....so beware !!

How can a person be jailed for some one elses mistake,imagine if we lived in a country which incasarated individuals for just having a bank account

lallyaya

Your not jailed for their mistake you are jailed for using that mistake to your advantage and trying to deprive the rightful owner of their money!

regularsaver1

I have heard that some people are receiving credits to their bank accounts which they don't know about - but are correct

some rebates for water/gas/electric

obviously not for large sums, but i wouldn't mind

I heard of a story in a local bank - a cashier added an extra 0 when a persons account was being credited with their weekly wages over the counter. The persons who's account it was withdrew all the money. Her boss then knew she wasn't so honest and said if she didnt pay it back to the bank they would sack her for dishonesty.

us,thecat&thedebt

give it to me give it to me :rotfl:

seriously why does this stuff never happen to me!!!!!!


im going with the high intrest savings

if and when they want it back you can give it back no probs...