Bank error

Sem · 27 Apr 2007 at 21:38

my mate paid £1.50 into his bank account and the clerk must have accidentally put £1500 in cause his bank balance is now showing £1500 extra in credit

what are the chances of the bank spotting this mistake

should he start spending

personally i think the banks would have anticipated stuff like this happening and would have checks in place and will probably take the money back by Monday

my mate doesn't believe this tho and he will probably start spending it tonight

Sem · 27 Apr 2007 at 23:04

my mate says hes going to take it all out them close the account and open another one elsewhere

i think hes taking a big risk but hes not the type that will listen

/shurgs

hope gets me something tho

Sem · 27 Apr 2007 at 23:10

no his credit rating its been proper **** for a couple of years

multiple defaults

the account in question (ABBEY) is a really basic account no debit card or anything

can only do direct debits and cash withdraws

Sem · 27 Apr 2007 at 23:29

dark_shadow said:
Why on earth would he put £1.50 into his account?

ROFL

he had 8.70 or something in his account and wanted to withdrawn the tenner

ive done similar when things have been extra tight

Sem · 27 Apr 2007 at 23:35

Old Wino said:
Things may get even worse for your friend:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1996/1996062.htm#2

thanks for the link

if that don't convince him there's nothing more i can do