transfer to the wrong account

irishgirl19

Gave someone (stupidly) the wrong account number for me so my money is gone to someone else. Is this easily reversed.

Edit: just to add sort code was correct ,account number a digit off

DMcL1971

Firstly, there is a good chance that the wrong number that you gave won't even be someone's account number, so the transfer will fail and be returned to the senders account.

Secondly, the sender can contact their bank and tell them of the mistake and request the money be returned to them.

irishgirl19

DMcL1971 wrote:

Secondly, the sender can contact their bank and tell them of the mistake and request the money be returned to them.

Thank you, I'm hoping this is the case. The sender's bank (we're with different banks) told him I should contact the bank to arrange for it to be returned to him or transferred to me. I thought this sounded odd. I have a feeling when I ring the bank tomorrow they will push me back to the sender

3DataModem

They'll push you back to the sender all right. The sender has to advise the sending bank of the error.

irishgirl19

3DataModem wrote:

They'll push you back to the sender all right. The sender has to advise the sending bank of the error.

Good news the account number doesn't exist so it should be refunded automatically to the sender. So relieved