I WON!!!! Barclays gave me my money! (cause they broke the Data Protection Act!)

Hi Kenny All I have from Barclays is that they tried their hardest to get the money back from the person but failed (by hardest that meant writing letters and trying to contact them by phone). Paypal emailed me to say that it was my fault (yes!) that i gave them the wrong account number. That's it so far really. What should I do? Any advice on what I should do next?

Hi All, The 'Old' bank account number was about 3 years old. The error in providing PayPal with the wrong number was mine - I hold my hands up to that. It was not a fault by any of the banks - they did what I asked them to do. When transferring money - PayPal require 3 things: Account Name, Account Number, and Sort Code. But here is the strange thing - the Barclays bank do not look at the name - they ONLY use the account number and sort code. (Had they used the name it would have been rejected as it would not have matched the other person) *HERE IS ANOTHER STRANGE THING: Not only did the bank re-allocate the account number - they also re-allocated it to the SAME sort code! (Again - if these had been different then the money would have been rejected). What do you guys think about the DPA breach? Do you think I've got a case that I could use that against the bank to get my money???

Hi All, I really do need some advice - I transferred £1200 from my PayPal account to my Barclays bank account...sounds pretty straight forward eh? Well, I made an error - the account number that I used transfer the money into was my OLD account number not my NEW one. The problem is that this account number has been re-allocated to another person!!!! I didn't notice this until I got my statement. I then contacted my Barclays bank. They told me that they needed the account holders permission to take the money back out, so they wrote and tried to phone this person who has my money, but they didn't get any reply to their letters. Months(!) later, they contact the bank and say that can't have it back as they've spent it! So, next stop the police eh? Yep. I contacted them and they are going to go around to see the person and warn them that will be arrested if they don't pay up - result eh? No. The police officer did tell me that IF this person has no previous criminal record, then they will be let off with a caution!!! which means that the only way to get my money back will be through the civil court - so this could mean that they only pay a quid or so back per week **There is something else though as well! - during the time the bank tried to contact this person (and didn't) get a response, I also tried, by giving a letter to my bank to pass on to the person concerned. The bank made an error though - they gave ME this persons name and address by mistake! What should I do? The police told me to say nothing about this because I may lose a civil case due to the banks stupidity. Could I use this information against the bank (ie tell them that I can't get my money because of them?) would they be liable?