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benefit overpayment

ggordster
ggordster Posts: 23 Forumite
edited 12 June 2009 at 4:14PM in Benefits & tax credits
no longer need help thanks

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  • viktory
    viktory Posts: 7,635 Forumite
    Surely you would have noticed this money going into your account? Therefore, it would have been a simple matter of popping it into a high interest (ha!) account and waiting for them to ask for it back.

    You have been overpaid and owe them money. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
  • staffie1
    staffie1 Posts: 1,967
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    since you haven't spent the £400 and still have it, just repay it.
    If you will the end, you must will the means.
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