I just gave away $16K

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Bluetree, the only part of this story that nags at me is where the supervisor you finally spoke to told you they would "remove" the money from your account and not to worry about it anymore. How do you know this person didn't just see a great opportunity to "remove" $16.000 from a bank client's account without having it be missed or questioned by anyone else? Maybe they "helped" you by taking the money out and putting it in their OWN private account instead??
If I were you I would insist on speaking to the Pres. or the vice Pres. of the bank and making sure that the money went someplace it was supposed to go.

[Bluetree]

Yowie,
I just heard from my best friend, an attorney, and she mentioned cases of people suing over "unjust enrichment," involving banks and financial institutions that make errors in money transfers. I better make copies and send out my letters certified so it doesn't come back to bite me in the butt.

Sorry CWR, you'll be seeing your money again soon!

[Mr. Bloom]

Kudos to YOU! Right is right, whether appreciated or not!

We had the same thing happen a few years ago with similar response...I think the lack of response was as much having someone on the other end of the line that was STUNNED BY BLATANT HONESTLY.

Personally, I'm not surprised that you did the right thing.

[Fredwina]

Yowie,
I just heard from my best friend, an attorney, and she mentioned cases of people suing over "unjust enrichment," involving banks and financial institutions that make errors in money transfers. I better make copies and send out my letters certified so it doesn't come back to bite me in the butt.

I was thinking about that at work, In my previous job, I was in charge of a computer program that printed legal forms for a child support system.
One of the Forms was the overpayment form. It basically said "Hi! we paid you too much money! now give it back, or we'll send Guido out to breaka youse arms."