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Duplicated bank account numbers

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Are bank account numbers ever duplicated within a bank?
I took an advance on my mortgage, when i entered my sort code i put the last 2 digits incorrect. On investigation i found out that the sort code i entered does belong to HSBC (the same as my bank). Is it likely that HSBC would issue the same account number twice? 
Nationwide that sent my advance are investigation but i am super concerned that a large sum of money has landed in someone elses bank account. 

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  • Brie
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    all bank account numbers for any sort code should be unique.  you may very well get the same bank account number for different sort codes.  

    so - no you won't get 2 accounts both with 20-01-01 12345678

    but yes you could well get 20-01-01 12345678 & 16-10-10 12345678
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