£75k gone!

[RB Will]

Hi all

Just looking for advice for my brother in law.

A relative of his died recently and his parents have been dealing with the assets etc.

His mum was sending people their cash share via online banking and has managed to balls up. She was sending £75k to a relative but had written their account number 1 digit wrong. Apparently the online banking said the (wrong) number she entered was not a valid account but the £75k has left her account.

I gather they have spoken to the bank and they basically said well you are responsible for online transfers.
They are meeting with the bank again today.
Is there anything that can be done?
If the account she sent it to does not exist, where did the money go?

Thanks for any help.

[RB Will]

Thanks for the help guys I will pass info on.

LivingTheDream said:

no help i know but £75K via online banking!!!

even my business account won't let me do that

I was amazed too mine only lets me do £10k without charges

[RB Will]

She had double triple checked it against the note she had with the details on unfortunately that was wrong lol. but yeah I just transferred £740 for some car bits and I must have checked that 5 times! hopefully the guy gave me the right details.

[RB Will]

Just to update and conclude. It was as you all said, money in suspense account and has been put back in the right place.