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Oops! Thai bank transfers half a million baht to the wrong account

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47 minutes ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Happens in every country 

But your guy's in here only think Thailand is wrong 

 

Not like this- I think the account number is mandatory.

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I query the true honesty of the 'mistaken'  recipient! 

 - he Withdrew the Funds!! 

 

& only later realized the game was up... 

 

 

4 hours ago, robblok said:

Sounds outdated compared to what they do in Thailand.. here I can do the same in under a minute on the computer with Kasikorn no need to go to a bank. Where are you from ? :sorry:

 

 

Not apples with apples though is it; the Guy 'went into the bank' !

9 minutes ago, tifino said:

I query the true honesty of the 'mistaken'  recipient! 

 - he Withdrew the Funds!! 

 

& only later realized the game was up... 

 

 

Where did it say that?

6 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

I would definitely not be surprised after being told the banks keep no account records past 12 months.    Now that did surprise me!

 

OK.

 

 

Typical?

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

Not apples with apples though is it; the Guy 'went into the bank' !

Who still goes into banks.. that is so 2010. So what country are you from that yous till go to banks.. seems outdated :smile:

11 minutes ago, tifino said:

I query the true honesty of the 'mistaken'  recipient! 

 - he Withdrew the Funds!! 

 

& only later realized the game was up... 

 

 

 

 

Great let's figure the OP is totally wrong.

 

Feel better now?

 

 

1 minute ago, mommysboy said:

Where did it say that?

It said he took the money to the authorities... 

He could have simply provided his bank account details for them to check what he found inside 

1 minute ago, robblok said:

Who still goes into banks.. that is so 2010. So what country are you from that yous till go to banks.. seems outdated :smile:

 

 

Not if you live in Thailand which it appears you do not..

 

 

6 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

I would definitely not be surprised after being told the banks keep no account records past 12 months.    Now that did surprise me!

What happens to any money that has been in the account for more than 12 months?

1 minute ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

Not if you live in Thailand which it appears you do not..

 

 

I live in Thailand.. just use internet banking from the Kasikorn. 

5 hours ago, stevenl said:

I also think she didn't have the account number, so it was done by name.

 

Perhaps the bank staff didn't want to ask her for the account number, not polite.

7 hours ago, ezzra said:

You be surprised how little information the tellers and the bank staff

for that matter has on their screens when it comes to where your monies

go, apart from name and account  number they have nothing showing,

and if you want more info on a customer like address, ID number or

god forbid a picture, you're up a stone wall faces... 

Because they shouldn't give you customers details to start with.

3 minutes ago, robblok said:

I live in Thailand.. just use internet banking from the Kasikorn. 

I must say K-Bank Internet banking has always been a pleasure to use. They have taken away the inter-bank transfer fee.

"I would definitely not be surprised after being told the banks keep no account records past 12 months."

 

Who told you that?  Who confirmed it's true?

 

I've had reason to get details / confirmation of transactions several years old, takes a couple of days and there are small fess, and I'm guessing many other members have done the same.

 

 

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29 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

What happens to any money that has been in the account for more than 12 months?

As I said no records past 12 months in history..

 

Go on and verify with your bank  if you doubt me.

 

Insane!

 

Hell I requested records from a USA brokerage from  9 years past  when I knew they were required to keep records for 10 years.

 

I got the records I sought.

 

Try that in Thailand.     ?????

1 hour ago, robblok said:

Who still goes into banks.. that is so 2010. So what country are you from that yous till go to banks.. seems outdated :smile:

Well... old people, people who aren't used to the internet, people who want a loan, etc, etc,

1 hour ago, tifino said:

It said he took the money to the authorities... 

He could have simply provided his bank account details for them to check what he found inside 

No, he went to the bank, checked the details, and relinquished the funds by authorizing a reversal or transfer.  It's in the photo!

 

You can't just agree and tell them to take the money- you have to sign something.

2 hours ago, high plane drifter said:

There is good honest people in Thailand ,,,just don't go near Pattaya  or Phuket

So you mean we are not honest people there live in Pattaya 

Last week I find a wallet with money I turn it in to the police station they took pictures of me and my wife later lady call and say thank you and want give us a reward but we just say no but happy she got it back 

Pattaya is a normal city but you need go out of the bar's and again you comment stupid 

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

Perhaps the bank staff didn't want to ask her for the account number, not polite.

Nonsense.

1 hour ago, mommysboy said:

Well... old people, people who aren't used to the internet, people who want a loan, etc, etc,

People who want to transfer money but don't have the account number ?.

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

People who want to transfer money but don't have the account number ?.

Yup...real world sorts:smile:

 

Consider the plight of the elderly or only partly educated for instance.  I don't go to the bank often I must admit, but a couple of weeks ago I needed to make a transfer while I was out and about, and the local branch was full of customers.  So clearly they are needed.

Edited by mommysboy

It could have been sent to an account number and this is the excuse we where given.

 

So instead of admitting the useless staff couldnt enter in correct digits, they made this elaborate excuse, which is not plausible, because trasfers are done to account numbers and not names

 

Are people this stupid to believe this horse pucky excuse?

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