Any idea whether money can be recovered if it's sent to the wrong account?

[MrsKoala]

H started a new job 3 weeks ago (I know terrible timing) and was due to be paid on 31st. It never arrived in our account and when he called HR it turns out he gave them the number wrong. So now we have no money and are waiting to hear back from the bank.

H seems positive it'll be back this week but I'm not so sure.

Phew!! Good news :)

You must be so relieved. He definitely needs you (or someone else) to check such important information if he’s dyslexic.

This happened to me last year. I had paid a cheque into my account at the atm, when I checked it had cleared there was ALOT more money than there should have been. This was a Sunday so I left it planning to phone the next day, before that I had a message from Nationwide asking me to call them.
They were seeking permission to retrieve the money, which obviously I did!

This happened to a friend and she sent 1p to the account with a reference of her phone number and then carried on explaining the situation in 1p direct debits they sent the money directly back to her but I'm aware she's extremely lucky.