To wonder what was going on?

[ThePussy]

My mother died, and while clearing the house and going through her paperwork I found a couple of odd things, for which I have no explanation.

First, I found a wallet containing foreign currency. Not unusual, she travelled a lot, and I wasn’t surprised to find a substantial amount of cash in dollars and euros. But what did surprise me was that in the same wallet, was a lot of Ukrainian currency. She had never been to Ukraine, and to my knowledge didn’t know any Ukrainians. The notes are current, and there’s in excess of £1000 there.

Second, I found a lot of premium bond winnings cheques in my name. They had all been cashed/paid into a bank. I don’t have any premium bonds. National Savings said they would have had to have been paid into an account in my name. They also told me that the bonds had been cashed in.

The second, I think is easier - my Mum reached her limit in premium bonds and bought some in my name to get round this. But where were the winnings paid in?

And I have no idea about the Ukrainian money.

How recent was this OP?

Just wondering about timings with the Ukraine thing

She died before Russia invaded Ukraine. I’m literally sorting the last suitcase of papers (there have been a lot).

I'm so sorry you lost your mother.

can you see her bank statements at all?

Probably opened an account in your name

I don’t know but I am intrigued. Defo opened an account in your name for the premium bonds. The money, can’t fathom that at all. Could she have known Ukrainians without you knowing through anyone else, club, shop etc?

Do a free credit check on line and it will list all your bank accounts and balances in your name, be interesting....Experian is a good one, takes 5 minutes.

There is a free website called My Lost Account. I've recently used it when sorting out my dad's estate to find all of his accounts, so maybe try that to find any accounts in your name.