How to recover money sent to a wrong account number in Nigeria?

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Back in the days, when you wanted to complete banking transactions, you had to visit the banking halls to get it done.

These days, with the invention of mobile banking apps and internet banking, you can easily complete several banking transactions like money transfer, checking bank account balance and more from your mobile phone in the comfort of your home.

When making a bank transfer, you should always be careful when inputting the details, as wrongly inputting the details might mean you send money to a wrong bank account.

This particular incident has made lots of people visit the banking halls to make complaints for a situation that is entirely their fault, and the money in many cases may be very difficult to recover/retrieve.

If you have sent money to a wrong bank accidentally, then there are steps you might have to take to retrieve the money back.

In this post, I am going to be writing about how to recover money sent to a wrong account number in Nigeria and more.

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How to recover money sent to a wrong account number in Nigeria?

If you sent money to a wrong account number, the following are some of the things you can do to recover the money:

Contact customer care

One of the obvious steps to take when you send money to a wrong bank account number is to contact the bank customer care and let them know about the wrong bank transfer.

You can also visit the banking halls and make a complaint about the wrong bank transfer and provide all the details like transfer amount, transfer date, recipient bank, recipient account number and every other relevant details.

The bank will process your request any let you know the appropriate steps to take in order to get your money back.

Contact a Lawyer

Also, it might be best for you to contact a Lawyer and head to the bank halls, the lawyer might issue a court order to the recipient to send back your money, if you are able to sufficiently prove that the transfer was wrongly sent to the recipient’s bank account.

Lots of people won’t go this route as getting a lawyer can be quite expensive, and you might end up spending more money than the amount of money you transferred to the wrong account number.

However, if the money you sent is a very large sum, then you might choose to go through this route.

Contact the Recipient

Also, another step you can take is to contact the person whom you made the wrong bank transfer to. You can get their contact details from your bank or from the recipient’s bank, and you can ask them nicely to send back the money you sent to them wrongly.

In some cases, the recipient will send the money back to you, and in other cases, you might need to take stronger measures like getting a lawyer, in order for them to sent you back your money.

How to avoid transferring money to a wrong bank account?

To avoid transferring money to a wrong bank account, you should always make sure that you input the right details and also make sure that the account name you see matches what was given to you by the recipient.

Once you are able to do the above, you will 99.9% of the time avoid transferring money to a wrong bank account.

Summary

With the above, you might be able to recover the money you sent to a wrong bank account. However, if you are unable to get the money back, you will just have to take heart and make sure you always confirm the details of the recipient before you send money to them, in order to prevent future occurrences.

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