Money Transfer - Scam or surprise??!!
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Weirdest thing has just happened - i've been on to my banks web site to check the balance etc, and at some stage yesterday there was an 'account adjustment' to the value of £449.89 that I wasn't expecting in any way shape or form!
Somewhat confused, I called the bank to see if they had made a mistake, but they tell me it was an instant transfer from another account, or a wire transfer by CHAPS (I think?), and that was the only details they knew about it - effectively it wasn't them.
I've asked them to look into it further, which will take 10 working days or so, but does this sound dodgy for any reason do you think?
Alarm bells are a ringing that its some sort of scam, but i've not had any contact with anyone, and any emails I get of that sort aren't even opened nowadays - has anyone heard of this before, or could someone just have made a mistake during a similar transfer?
Anyhow, i'm just off shopping...........!
Somewhat confused, I called the bank to see if they had made a mistake, but they tell me it was an instant transfer from another account, or a wire transfer by CHAPS (I think?), and that was the only details they knew about it - effectively it wasn't them.
I've asked them to look into it further, which will take 10 working days or so, but does this sound dodgy for any reason do you think?
Alarm bells are a ringing that its some sort of scam, but i've not had any contact with anyone, and any emails I get of that sort aren't even opened nowadays - has anyone heard of this before, or could someone just have made a mistake during a similar transfer?
Anyhow, i'm just off shopping...........!
Sounds like a mistake. Very easy to accidentally type in a valid but incorrect sort code / account number pair whilst banking online, I'd have thought.
Hang on to it for a bit - I'm sure the mistake will get noticed eventually and as you're on record of querying it with the bank, there's proof that you're aware its not necessarily your cash.
Hang on to it for a bit - I'm sure the mistake will get noticed eventually and as you're on record of querying it with the bank, there's proof that you're aware its not necessarily your cash.
D'oh!!!!!!! After all that, calling the bank, checking the scam sites etc, I've figured out what happened.
Boss was late putting expenses in this month, so instead of putting it in with the pay due on Tuesday, payroll BACSed the money over yesterday, although the amount that got transfered was more than I was due.
Guy I work with had to rebuild his PC after a HDD failure, and one of the things he lost was his expenses excel template, so I sent him a copy of mine, which still had my name on the top. He filled in his details, and signed his name at the bottom, but left mine at the top.
Payroll processed it, well them, both in my name, hence two lots of expenses as one amount.... The amount above!
Quite why it was just in there as account adjustment i'm not too sure, but I got him some cash out of the ATM at lunchtime to reimburse.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing - I should have got him to resubmit his expenses again really... nah, too honest for my own good.....
Boss was late putting expenses in this month, so instead of putting it in with the pay due on Tuesday, payroll BACSed the money over yesterday, although the amount that got transfered was more than I was due.
Guy I work with had to rebuild his PC after a HDD failure, and one of the things he lost was his expenses excel template, so I sent him a copy of mine, which still had my name on the top. He filled in his details, and signed his name at the bottom, but left mine at the top.
Payroll processed it, well them, both in my name, hence two lots of expenses as one amount.... The amount above!
Quite why it was just in there as account adjustment i'm not too sure, but I got him some cash out of the ATM at lunchtime to reimburse.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing - I should have got him to resubmit his expenses again really... nah, too honest for my own good.....
bigtone said:
Hindsight is a wonderful thing - I should have got him to resubmit his expenses again really... nah, too honest for my own good.....
Actually, it could cause you grief at the end of the tax year, as you won't have receipts to prove that the money was for incurred expenses!
cone said:
yeh i know theres no link but it made me sick , everyone new what was goin on even the auctioneer
Make bugger all difference.
Each transaction will be logged against a bidder. It will show the value and payment type for each vehicle. There are reports generated to look for this sort of thing as it is an offence not to report it if you think someone is doing it.
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