• Welcome to the LegalBeagles Consumer and Legal Forum.
    Please Register to get the most out of the forum. Registration is free and only needs a username and email address.
    REGISTER
    Please do not post your full name, reference numbers or any identifiable details on the forum.

I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guardian

Collapse
Loading...
X
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guardian

    It was a case that caused many Guardian Money readers’ jaws to drop: the hairdresser who lost £26,000 after discovering that for two years she had been transferring her monthly salary into someone else’s account – and they had spent it. In May 2010, Sally Donaldson logged on and arranged for her £1,000-a-month pay to […]

    More...
    Tags: None

  • #2
    Re: I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guar

    oops .... just goes to show you tho' - one wrong number can cost you a lot
    Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.

    It doesn't matter where your journey begins, so long as you begin it...

    recte agens confido

    ~~~~~

    Any advice I provide is given without liability, if you are unsure please seek professional legal guidance.

    I can be emailed if you need my help loading pictures/documents to your thread. My email address is Kati@legalbeagles.info
    But please include a link to your thread so I know who you are.

    Specialist advice can be sought via our sister site JustBeagle

    Comment


    • #3
      Re: I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guar

      Originally posted by Kati View Post
      oops .... just goes to show you tho' - one wrong number can cost you a lot
      Yes but it shouldn't And where are the cops in all of this the recipient STOLE the money and should be charged accordingly

      Comment


      • #4
        Re: I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guar

        Also I see the bank was hiding behind the DPA as usual

        Comment


        • #5
          Re: I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guar

          Whatever happened to the word honesty? Laura should be hauled through the courts for stealing the money.

          Comment


          • #6
            Re: I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guar

            Originally posted by righty View Post
            Yes but it shouldn't And where are the cops in all of this the recipient STOLE the money and should be charged accordingly
            Originally posted by righty View Post
            Also I see the bank was hiding behind the DPA as usual
            Originally posted by Wombats View Post
            Whatever happened to the word honesty? Laura should be hauled through the courts for stealing the money.
            I do agree ... the whole system needs an overhaul. But I cannot understand how someone doesn't realise that the money is going somewhere it shouldn't :tinysmile_aha_t:
            Surely £1000 a month not being there should be noticeable?

            As for Laura, if she did tell the bank back in 2010
            It also emerged this week that Laura claims she went into a Nationwide branch back in 2010 to report that money had started appearing in her account. Internal Nationwide emails reveal she claims a member of staff told her the payments “were for her” – but the society says it was only after it wrote to Laura to ask her to repay the money that she mentioned this. “We investigated this claim at the time she made it [in 2012], and could not find any evidence of her having alerted us. If she had, it would have triggered a process that would return the payment to the sending bank,” the society told us.
            and the bank are now denying this, then I feel the bank should have looked more closely at it back then
            Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.

            It doesn't matter where your journey begins, so long as you begin it...

            recte agens confido

            ~~~~~

            Any advice I provide is given without liability, if you are unsure please seek professional legal guidance.

            I can be emailed if you need my help loading pictures/documents to your thread. My email address is Kati@legalbeagles.info
            But please include a link to your thread so I know who you are.

            Specialist advice can be sought via our sister site JustBeagle

            Comment


            • #7
              Re: I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guar

              Thank you Kati, and I'll apologise to Laura (who benefitted from the monies) as I didn't see that part when I read it - shows we can be too quick to jump to conclusions as well.

              If what you have cited is true, then I feel the bank should not demand anything back; the two opposites from me - her fault, haul her over the coals, bank's fault pay nothing back.

              Comment


              • #8
                Re: I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guar

                Although, saying that ... if Laura knew the money wasn't hers, she could have probably done more about it :tinysmile_hmm_t2:
                I know that i would question EVERY​ questionable bank transfer (both in or out)

                and I still cannot understand the other woman not missing £1000 a month (unless she thought she was depositing it in a savings account - but even then she should have checked it periodically)
                Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.

                It doesn't matter where your journey begins, so long as you begin it...

                recte agens confido

                ~~~~~

                Any advice I provide is given without liability, if you are unsure please seek professional legal guidance.

                I can be emailed if you need my help loading pictures/documents to your thread. My email address is Kati@legalbeagles.info
                But please include a link to your thread so I know who you are.

                Specialist advice can be sought via our sister site JustBeagle

                Comment


                • #9
                  Re: I paid £26,000 into the wrong account – and only got £800 back | Money | The Guar

                  What have you got to apologise about She STOLE the money all £26,000 of it and by admitting she contacted the bank and despite what she claims the bank told her (it was hers) she knew it wasn't yet continued to steal it. What more needs to be said other than the woman's a thief plain and simple and it needs to be said that you feeling sorry for her makes you the mug

                  Comment

                  View our Terms and Conditions

                  LegalBeagles Group uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and to create a secure and effective website. By using this website, you are consenting to such use.To find out more and learn how to manage cookies please read our Cookie and Privacy Policy.

                  If you would like to opt in, or out, of receiving news and marketing from LegalBeagles Group Ltd you can amend your settings at any time here.


                  If you would like to cancel your registration please Contact Us. We will delete your user details on request, however, any previously posted user content will remain on the site with your username removed and 'Guest' inserted.
                  Working...
                  X