UK: I accidentally sent my £24k life savings to British Gas to pay my bill… then they wouldn’t give me my money back

[blackcab]

A GRANDAD of two accidentally sent his life savings of over £24,000 to British Gas for his energy bill - then said they wouldn’t give him his money back for weeks.

 

Toby Wilson, from Plympton, Plymouth, made the catastrophic mistake when he went to transfer £244.43 on his online banking app earlier in June.

 

The 62-year-old had been notified that he owed his gas provider the outstanding amount, so quickly popped onto his Santander app to send the money over. The retiree, who admitted himself that he “does not mix well” with technology, had no idea of the enormous blunder he’d made.

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/19033765/i-accidentally-paid-24k-savings-to-british-gas/?rec_article=true

 

[BritManToo]

........ for weeks.

1. It's not as if they are trying to keep his money.

2. It's not as if he is going to lose any interest on the money.