Fraud on my current account

Debt_Free_Chick

But we don't know who paid the money in. It could be money that is genuinely due to Cashcade .... even though s/he may not have been expecting it.

Cashcade - you should be able to find out who paid the money in and how. If it was "over the counter" your bank will have a completed credit slip. If it was by BACS they should have details of the account it came from.

Pound

grumbler wrote:

Isn't it very odd for a fraudster to pay money into your account in order to spend it later by using your debit card? This looks like the card (and the pin?) were sent to a wrong person with the same name having an account with the same bank, but living at some different address (and not checking their day-to-day balance carefully)

It's more likely to be an account for receiving stolen money, possibly 419 scams. The fraudster can then easily convert it into cash or goods using the card and PIN.

Turning_into_scrooge

I know someone who's sister tore 5 cheques out of her cheque book, not following numbers so they wouldn't be noticed. Over a period of 5 days she stole 9k out of her account and shot through. She never got the money back.