Someone sent me 10k thb accidentally I think

[bkkniko]

As title says, I received 10k baht from an unknown person. 

 

Should I contact the bank or just wait it out and wait them to contact me, it's small amount compared to balance I have in bank, if I did not check random activity I would not even notice this transfer.

 

What happens if I just wait it out, I really don't have time walking around to branch  or making calls and resolving this issue which is not even my fault..

[Tropicalevo]

Just now, bkkniko said:

As title says, I received 10k baht from an unknown person. 

 

Should I contact the bank or just wait it out and wait them to contact me, it's small amount compared to balance I have in bank, if I did not check random activity I would not even notice this transfer.

 

What happens if I just wait it out, I really don't have time walking around to branch  or making calls and resolving this issue which is not even my fault..

 

If you keep the money knowing that it is not yours, that is a (minor) criminal offence in Thailand.

Contact your bank or better still, the head office via email and explain it all to them.

They can track the source.

 

Does your bank statement show the originating account?

[bkkniko]

The bank shows but its partially masked, so I don't know the exact number, only 4 middle digits.

[scubascuba3]

Wait it out, don't spend it, move on until contacted

[bkkniko]

6 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

 

If you keep the money knowing that it is not yours, that is a (minor) criminal offence in Thailand.

Contact your bank or better still, the head office via email and explain it all to them.

They can track the source.

 

Does your bank statement show the originating account?

I know the money is not mine, but I could just say I did not see the transfer and wait it out. And no, no originating account, only 4 middle digits and the first name of the sender. 

[BenCrew]

6 minutes ago, bkkniko said:

As title says, I received 10k baht from an unknown person. 

 

Should I contact the bank or just wait it out and wait them to contact me, it's small amount compared to balance I have in bank, if I did not check random activity I would not even notice this transfer.

 

What happens if I just wait it out, I really don't have time walking around to branch  or making calls and resolving this issue which is not even my fault..

 

Two days ago, exactly the same thing happened to me. I received two credits to my Bangkok Bank account totalling approx 12,500 Baht.

I wanted to know where from so popped into my local BB this afternoon. To my surprise, they couldn't tell me either! They were just Be1st credits. They are going to investigate and contact me when they have more information. Will keep you posted.

[bkkniko]

Thinking of that, how silly they can be when sending money to a different account, especially if you see a foreigner's name on the transfer before clicking the confirm button. 

[bkkniko]

12 minutes ago, BenCrew said:

 

Two days ago, exactly the same thing happened to me. I received two credits to my Bangkok Bank account totalling approx 12,500 Baht.

I wanted to know where from so popped into my local BB this afternoon. To my surprise, they couldn't tell me either! They were just Be1st credits. They are going to investigate and contact me when they have more information. Will keep you posted.

Yeah, but credits, you probably should see in your banking app where it came from, something like "credited". I think our situations are different cause I received it from a person.

[Andre0720]

26 minutes ago, bkkniko said:

As title says, I received 10k baht from an unknown person. 

 

Should I contact the bank or just wait it out and wait them to contact me, it's small amount compared to balance I have in bank, if I did not check random activity I would not even notice this transfer.

 

What happens if I just wait it out, I really don't have time walking around to branch  or making calls and resolving this issue which is not even my fault..

Thai people would just be thanking Buddha at this stage....

[scottiejohn]

28 minutes ago, bkkniko said:

As title says, I received 10k baht from an unknown person. 

 

Should I contact the bank or just wait it out and wait them to contact me, it's small amount compared to balance I have in bank, if I did not check random activity I would not even notice this transfer.

 

What happens if I just wait it out, I really don't have time walking around to branch  or making calls and resolving this issue which is not even my fault..

Are you a Nigerian starting a new scam?

[simon43]

Sorry mate - that was my mistake.  I was trying to send it to the Pattaya charity for fallen women.  If you just send it back to my bank account thanks 🙂

[ukrules]

I suspect that this is the beginning of some kind of scam.

Beware.

[Ohyesuare]

Wait it out, it will most likely be taken back eventually, let the bank handle it. Like you said, you might not have even noticed. It's only illegal if you spend it all and/or refuse to return it when the bank orders you to.

[bkkniko]

2 minutes ago, ukrules said:

I suspect that this is the beginning of some kind of scam.

Beware.

I will be on alert.. if someone calls me and asks to give the money back, I'll just say I will go to a branch and handle it from there..

[bkkniko]

MAJOR UPDATE:

 

Apparently, it was a deposit returned for a car purchase a while ago. They did not even say that they sent the deposit.. My wife randomly messaged someone from the dealership and asked if they made the transfer. I suspected it could be it, but the transfer should have come from their company account, anyways it came from a personal account. 

[BenCrew]

25 minutes ago, bkkniko said:

Yeah, but credits, you probably should see in your banking app where it came from, something like "credited". I think our situations are different cause I received it from a person.

Yes,  I agree. No name, no account number, just the long transaction number on the app.

[PremiumLane]

I know you found out where it came from, but if happens to anyone else, report it to your bank straight away.

 

It is against the law to keep it knowing it was accidentally transferred to you, and you will be criminally charged, or have to go through the bs of sorting it out down the police station with the person involved. You know, lots of waing, saying " I am sorry" and paying off the cops not to come down hard on you. And with all the hoo-ha about online scamming at the moment, you do not want to be the farrang who got a load of money wrongly transferred to their account.

 

Usually what will happen is the person who transferred the money, if finding out it was mistake will contact their bank and they will make a request to your bank to contact you to tell you of said mistake. After that, if you don't respond the cops will get involved.

 

 

 

 

[DrJack54]

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