64k Paid To Me By Accident!
06 January 2006, 06:22 PM
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64k Paid To Me By Accident!
I got pulled into the office today and told that they had put £64890 into my bank account by accident!
They got me to write a cheque to give the money back today, so I have got nearly 65k sat in my account for a few days
Tempting....
They got me to write a cheque to give the money back today, so I have got nearly 65k sat in my account for a few days
Tempting....
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06 January 2006, 07:51 PM
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Had the same kind of issue with a lad who worked for me years ago. Wages payed him £200 too much then 3 months later said they were going to take it back. I looked into it and the outcome was if you can reasonable say you didnt realise the error had taken place and that you had spent the money they cant take it back. Not convinced that will be the case with £65K though 
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06 January 2006, 08:17 PM
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Our lot dicked me for 500 quid, overpaid then removed without warning in one go, got it back and paying it back at 100 a month, could cover it but I wanted to make a point, so tell em they can have it back at 100 a month.
06 January 2006, 09:01 PM
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Go out, spend like ****, get someone to use your card, keep killing transactions over next 2 days...
then tell em they cant have their money back because you have been had some teething scum...ill only charge 10%
then tell em they cant have their money back because you have been had some teething scum...ill only charge 10%
06 January 2006, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by si97
move it to a high interest account and lose you chq book/ cards/ id (eg. wallet) for a couple of weeks 
06 January 2006, 10:56 PM
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Go into your bank and see what benefits you can gain from them because you have all this money, upgrade your account, free AA recovery etc. Milk them, they arent to know it will all disappear in a few days
06 January 2006, 11:23 PM
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Same thing happened to me a few years back. The bank mixed up my small business account with that of a branch of a large national supermarket chain! It was too much money to ignore. I did inform the bank that something was amiss but it was three months before I convinced them to the point of telling them which of their customers' money it was! That was only through my own detective work - the bank didn't seem bothered until they realised they were going to lose an extremely profitable account. It seemed the mistake was made when the bank gave the supermarket branch the same account no. as mine for their credit card payments. Fun while it lasted though. I came to an agreement with the bank, they treated it as an interest free loan, I paid it back at £500 a month and I kept the interest on the money.
but it was three months before I convinced them to the point of telling them which of their customers' money it was! That was only through my own detective work - the bank didn't seem bothered until they realised they were going to lose an extremely profitable account. It seemed the mistake was made when the bank gave the supermarket branch the same account no. as mine for their credit card payments. Fun while it lasted though. I came to an agreement with the bank, they treated it as an interest free loan, I paid it back at £500 a month and I kept the interest on the money.
06 January 2006, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by lil_kimmy
I got pulled into the office today and told that they had put £64890 into my bank account by accident!
They got me to write a cheque to give the money back today, so I have got nearly 65k sat in my account for a few days
Tempting....
They got me to write a cheque to give the money back today, so I have got nearly 65k sat in my account for a few days
Tempting....
07 January 2006, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by paulwrxboro
so how many months did it take to pay back
07 January 2006, 09:13 AM
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My friend had the same happen to him but is was £4000 not £65k!!! He had it for about 2/3 months at least before his employer noticed it and he agreed to pay it back monthly I think.
07 January 2006, 09:47 AM
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I suppose it really depends what sort of company you work for - if it's a small firm that can ill afford it, pay it back now - if it's a company that make a fantastic profit, let them sweat a bit.
07 January 2006, 11:05 AM
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I would suggest that keeping it would be theft...
...however if you found £65k in a bag in the High Street and returned it to its owner you could rightly claim a courtesy finders fee of 10%.
Since you found this money in your account then why not suggest a courtesy finders fee. You will make a nice tidy sum and everyone is honest.
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...however if you found £65k in a bag in the High Street and returned it to its owner you could rightly claim a courtesy finders fee of 10%.
Since you found this money in your account then why not suggest a courtesy finders fee. You will make a nice tidy sum and everyone is honest.
Rannoch
07 January 2006, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Rannoch
I would suggest that keeping it would be theft...
...however if you found £65k in a bag in the High Street and returned it to its owner you could rightly claim a courtesy finders fee of 10%.
Since you found this money in your account then why not suggest a courtesy finders fee. You will make a nice tidy sum and everyone is honest.
Rannoch
...however if you found £65k in a bag in the High Street and returned it to its owner you could rightly claim a courtesy finders fee of 10%.
Since you found this money in your account then why not suggest a courtesy finders fee. You will make a nice tidy sum and everyone is honest.
Rannoch