Lloyds account blocked along with my mums Halifax Account

EachPenny

18cc wrote: »

....the absolute worst that can happen is that they accuse you of money laundering and the police get involved

Surely the 'absolute worst' is what the OP's mother might do when she finds out what has happened, especially if she is also affected by a fraud marker.

The worst you can get from a police investigation is a criminal record... mums have a far wider range of cruel and unusual punishments at their disposal.

18cc

yes agreed but i was trying not to frighten the op too much !

Thrugelmir

swaydog wrote: »

It might sound iffy to those who read these threads regularly. To me it was just doing someone a favour. If the sender of the original funds didn't have permission to send them then how were they able to send them. To a lay person like me it's seems like a banking security failure of which an innocent person like me is suffering the consequences and additionally an innocent 78 year old widow in a foreign country cannot access her funds.

Then you should have not become involved. That's the bottom line. Banks have no need of "iffy" customers. There's sufficient numbers of people who do not get up to "unusual" activities. Those who do are often or not more trouble than they are worth.

Emily_Joy

18cc wrote: »

I don't think you have quite realise the seriousness of what you have done and if anybody else is reading these forums then take it as a warning

you have allowed funds from a source that you don't know to go into your account worst still they came via a third party

the absolute worst that can happen is that they accuse you of money laundering and the police get involved

Are you sure you are not making it too black? Really, I often pay with my credit card for colleagues in restaurants, sometimes I pay for tickets to make sure we get the same flight, etc. For large amounts they would often write me a cheque. Am I supposed to check that money they are paying me are coming from a legitimate source?.. :eek:

its_all_over

The OP is hoping the joint account will be unblocked quickly, it's more likely that the bank will close both accounts if they conclude the OP was complicit and an accomplice to the fraudulent transfer which sounds quite likely even by the OPs own version of the events.

Definitely time to tell your mother OP, before her account is closed by the bank.