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LMS Code for making international transfer
This is clearly a scam. Please be aware that anyone can set up a web site claiming to be a bank. This web site is clearly bogus:
Googling "United Falcon" reveals several non-banking ...
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Incoming foreign wire transfer landed in someone else's account. How do I get it back?
I'll mark this as a community wiki since I'm summarizing a bunch of comments folks left.
Who owns the mistake
In your description you said that the sender put in an incorrect account. You as the ...
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Incoming foreign wire transfer landed in someone else's account. How do I get it back?
Note this is assuming that you are the sender. Not the person who was supposed to receive the deposit.
Your problem looks and sounds like a scam.
If I were to receive a call from someone saying "...
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Incoming foreign wire transfer landed in someone else's account. How do I get it back?
Wire transfers are made to be permanent. One uses wire transfers so there is no fear of pulling the money back like using a stop payment on a check. This is why scams using wire transfers are ...
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Why does Apple have a BIC code registered for them?
These companies (and some others) have tens/hundreds of billions of dollars in their treasuries and operate inhouse investment banks to manage that.
They also have vast international presence through ...
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Can buying mortgage points reduce a rate below the applicable federal rate?
Buying points is essentially prepaying the rate. You can only prepay as much as the bank is willing to let you, usually not a lot compared to the full-priced rate. So while theoretically both things ...
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How to handle US financial accounts after leaving?
If the brokerage/bank where the accounts are allows you to keep them - you can keep them. You do have to update them about the change of your status by submitting a W8 form to supersede the W9 they ...
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