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    Wish this woman had asked about this in the Prof forums...

    A costly mistake: Hairdresser loses £26,000 by paying her wages into the wrong account - and not realising for two years | Mail Online

    Would have been worth an infraction or two that one....
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    #2
    It doesn't take a genius to identify the recipient, she must have had identical name to the lady depositing the money, else the money wouldn't have gone to her (they do check the account name right?)

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      #3
      Originally posted by SandyD View Post
      It doesn't take a genius to identify the recipient, she must have had identical name to the lady depositing the money, else the money wouldn't have gone to her (they do check the account name right?)
      There is no check on the name.

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        #4
        Originally posted by SandyD View Post
        It doesn't take a genius to identify the recipient, she must have had identical name to the lady depositing the money, else the money wouldn't have gone to her (they do check the account name right?)
        Sort code and account number is all that is needed. I have to say though, that's possibly one of the dumbest people of all time, followed up by her husband who 'did all the bills'. He's even more of a fookwit for not realising her money didnt go in either.
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          #5
          Quite - story says that they're on a tight budget - you'd think they'd notice a grand a month missing.

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            #6
            Not a new piece of news. When setting up any new payment it always pays to transfer a small amount and check it's gone to the right place before transferring a lot.
            bloggoth

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              #7
              Surely this is theft by the person who spent the money.
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                #8
                You would think so but it's probably not treated as a crime so they can claim crime is falling.
                bloggoth

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by BoredBloke View Post
                  Surely this is theft by the person who spent the money.
                  I'd have thought so, but the bank won't reveal who it is so the "victim" can't report the crime to the police.

                  But I'd have thought the bank could have taken back the money anyway - i.e. by giving the perp a £26K overdraft, even if they had no realistic possibility of ever getting the money back.
                  Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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                    #10
                    Okay so it was a huge mistake but it is pretty sickening to lose that amount of money
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