Unusual Event
Unauthorised Direct Debits
This is just a note to warn people to check their bank statements carefully as we have just had three unauthorised direct debits appear on our bank account to be taken from the account not paid into it. The bank's indemnity has covered the incident and the loss has been recovered but it is something that should never have occurred as there are no outgoing direct debits on the charity's accounts.
The direct debits were for unwanted magazines and did not follow the usual pattern of fraud, so may have been someone playing a rather peurile joke on us. We have taken steps to ensure that it cannot be repeated.
