Potential to loose £10k from the sale of my car! HELP! SCAM
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alwoodman said:
So...he actually paid up in full via BACS this morning from his personal account with initials of him and his wife i presume. I don't think it's full sunk in yet.
Yes, that's right. Transactions can be reversed in some circumstances.Oh, you didn't mean it like that....
You're probably OK though.alwoodman said:
So...he actually paid up in full via BACS this morning from his personal account with initials of him and his wife i presume. I don't think it's full sunk in yet.
Woohoo! If he claims he paid this morning, and it's already showing up in your account, then it went through as a "Faster Payment". In which case I *think* you're home and dry. Best wait a day or so before you splurge it though....
silentbrown said:
Woohoo! If he claims he paid this morning, and it's already showing up in your account, then it went through as a "Faster Payment". In which case I *think* you're home and dry.
Best wait a day or so before you splurge it though....
Just check with the bank who will tell you if the funds have cleared or not. If they have you are indeed home and dry.Best wait a day or so before you splurge it though....
One of the advantages of internet banking is that you can easily check whether funds have cleared or not.
Marcellus said:
To be safe i would slide the money out the other side of your account.
THIS.It won't provide certainty of funds, but if there is a 'banking error' (sic) and they try and claw it back out of your account, they won't be able to and it'll have to go into some form of discussion...
havoc said:
Marcellus said:
To be safe i would slide the money out the other side of your account.
THIS.It won't provide certainty of funds, but if there is a 'banking error' (sic) and they try and claw it back out of your account, they won't be able to and it'll have to go into some form of discussion...
Fortunately the bank has no idea where you live and can't ruin your credit rating.
Just empty the account and throw any subsequent correspondence in the bin. Make sure you have your fingers in your ears while singing "LALALALALALAL!" as loud as you can.
All worked out in the end then
Money transferred from the account of the person who owed you money, is as safe as anything
and even if it wasn't no point trying to hide it in another account, in a case where money can get reclaimed, eg a stolen cheque, it doesn't stop it, it just ends up making you massively overdrawn when it happens.
Money transferred from the account of the person who owed you money, is as safe as anything
and even if it wasn't no point trying to hide it in another account, in a case where money can get reclaimed, eg a stolen cheque, it doesn't stop it, it just ends up making you massively overdrawn when it happens.
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