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Money trasferred to a wrong account...Help!!!

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  • kelloggs36
    kelloggs36 Posts: 7,712 Forumite
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    If the payee doesn't match the account, it should have bounced back into your account.
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    dzug1 so it would be classed as theft or fraud then if the receiving person refused to pay the money back? Would the OP be able to go to the police/courts etc to claim the money back? Hopefully it won't come to that at all, but interesting to know what actually can be done in a situation like that.


    Yes it would be theft or fraud.

    But depending on the sum involved it can cost more to chase it up than to lose the money.

    The problem is finding out who has the money - the bank will hide behind data protection and it may take a court order to persuade them to do anything.
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