Cash lodgement big mistake

Appleguy

Made the (stupid) mistake of making a direct cash lodgement for an item
which was to arrive by post the following day. Guy sounded very genuine.
Needless to say the item never arrived and its a few weeks later at this
stage. 99% of the time i'm very careful and pay by Paypal but got stung
this time.

Have the persons:

Name (genuine, maybe)
Address (probably fake)
Mobile number (off ever since)
Bank account information (genuine)

Been to the Gardai and bank but have heard nothing back as of yet.

I know the data protection laws are in place for a reason but i did ask
the teller to confirm the information i had matched the information that
was on the account, which she did and then took my money. While a
teller has no obligation to give any information out while lodging into
someone else account i find it hard to believe that if the details i gave
her didn't match the information the bank had on this individual that she
couldn't say "Sorry those details don't match" or something along those
lines. Then i would have known i was being scammed and wouldn't have
made the lodgement at all.


Anything else i can try or is it best to just have learned my lesson and
forget about it? I would like my money back but would settle for it
being taken back from him so he cant have it.

Mainly, I'd love to have the f*cker caught and arrested, as he's probably
making a decent living out of scamming others.

Cheers

AG

Nody

You're out of luck; you can't really prove anything and cash via bank transfer is about as safe as sending it via mail (with out the chance of the mailman taking it).

Appleguy

Nody wrote: »

You're out of luck; you can't really prove anything and cash via bank transfer is about as safe as sending it via mail (with out the chance of the mailman taking it).

Well i can prove i lodged the cash into his account as i have the receipt
but beyond that you are right.

Could this matter be taken to the small claims court? Or do they not
handle this kind of thing?

BengaLover

Surely if this person is accepting payments fraudulently into his bank then there is some comeback,, if you reported him to the bank branch you sent the money too?

Appleguy

BengaLover wrote: »

Surely if this person is accepting payments fraudulently into his bank then there is some comeback, if you reported him to the bank branch you sent the money too?

I spoke to the branch i lodged the money through and they really wont tell me anything. If i even knew which branch is his local branch to give them a call on the off-chance they know him and can have a word the next time he's in about the transactions in his account.

EDIT:

Actually thanks for that, i found out which branch was his from the sort code.
I'm going to ring them and speak to the manager there to see what they
can do if anything.

Cheers for that brainwave!

BengaLover

Keep us updated, out of interest and for future reference id like to know if you get anywhere.