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Please help bank charges

Hi 1st post and a newbie, im currently receiving jsa, and have been charged nearly 80 on bank charges, im only 24 so only get about 53 pound a week i think it is, i wrote a letter to natwest stating this and there reply was im not getting a penny back to cut a long story short.. im left with around 30 pound to last me 2 weeks, and its not going to last any chance i can claim these back? now as i dont have enough money in my account a direct debit came out for 4.95 and now they have charged me again 36 pound.. i read that it is illegal to take charges from jsa.. please can anyone help because im at wits end with this..

thank you in advance.

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  • Premier_2
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    joanne_p wrote: »
    Hi 1st post and a newbie, im currently receiving jsa, and have been charged nearly 80 on bank charges, im only 24 so only get about 53 pound a week i think it is, i wrote a letter to natwest stating this and there reply was im not getting a penny back to cut a long story short.. im left with around 30 pound to last me 2 weeks, and its not going to last any chance i can claim these back? now as i dont have enough money in my account a direct debit came out for 4.95 and now they have charged me again 36 pound.. i read that it is illegal to take charges from jsa.. please can anyone help because im at wits end with this..

    thank you in advance.

    Where did you read that? On t'internet?

    If so, don't believe everything written on t'internet; it's not all true :cool:
    "Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 2010
  • Premier_2
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    "Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 2010
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