Clarkson stung after bank prank

Lostinthestates · Post by **Lostinthestates** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:54 pm

[web]https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm[/web]

Serves him right, old smug mug!!

luke · Post by **luke** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:17 pm

haha great one

Post by **Skylace** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:19 pm

What a plank!

A very hard lesson learned for sure. At least it went to a charity!

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:22 pm

I was so happy to hear this. If he had any honour, he would agree not to askl for the £500 back.

Actually, I assume he did NOT ask for the money back, since he said he was "punished". If he had asked for it back, he would have got the money back immediately from the bank under the Direct Debit guarantee system.

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:36 pm

I'm so pleased to hear this!

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:55 pm

Least the money was sent to charity...I wonder if he'll let the charity keep the money

pirtybirdy · Post by **pirtybirdy** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:56 pm

I guess the person who did it wanted to teach him a lesson, not steal his money. That was a good thing. He's lucky he's just 500 pounds down. Nice one!

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:52 am

He might have a hard time convincing his bank that he didn't do the transaction. Unless his bank swallows the loss, he's probably out of luck.

Sounds like he got his comeuppance.

SpursFan1902 · Post by **SpursFan1902** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:48 pm

pirtybirdy wrote:I guess the person who did it wanted to teach him a lesson, not steal his money. That was a good thing. He's lucky he's just 500 pounds down. Nice one!

He is also lucky it was only one person. I am careless with money, but I usually don't just give carte blanche access to it!

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:41 pm

Actually, that's the spin the bank would have probably said to get out of paying it back :

He was negligent with his account details .. and effectively encouraged the fraud.

I suppose the charity would have handed back the money if asked (since it is stolen property) .. but again the PR cost to clarkson would be too high.