Credit Payment Recovery

phillw

colsten said:
As it would be a great co-incidence if your mother could randomly pick an existing account number.

Why do you think that? They allocate them sequentially, so transposing a couple of digits and entering one wrong is quite likely to hit a valid account.
I always set up and save a payee with a small value and confirm it has arrived before sending a higher value. I mostly send money between my own accounts, but friends and family have been ok with this on the odd occasion & I try not to send money to businesses for obvious reasons.

badger09

stclair said:

badger09 said:

maxximus75 wrote: »

If your Son had previously sent a payment a couple of years ago to this recipient, does he not know they details of who it is?

My thought exactly.

As a previous genuine recipient, your son must know at least their name, and probably some other contact details:cool:.

If they use WhatsApp the person might have a picture uploaded in their profile picture which might jog memories of who the person is. 

You do realise that the post of mine you have quoted, was made over 2 years ago? And original OP didn't come back with any updates.

Gotta love these resurrected threads

colsten

phillw said:

 They allocate them sequentially, so transposing a couple of digits and entering one wrong is quite likely to hit a valid account.

No they don't, precisely to avoid situations like the one you describe