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Simon M

1 reviews | Active since Nov 2014

27 Dec 2018, 10:56

Cash Deposit went missing in Absa Branch

on the 28th November 2018 I send my sister to deposit some money for Blue Label Distribution for my family small business where they sell vouchers for the community, this is the only thing that make them survive. what happened she deposited 4000 into the account ********** 665 (Blue Label Account) using the reference number EEE ********** instead of EEE155057 and the problem the ATM didn't print the receipt, when the money didn't reflect on our machine we realized we used a wrong reference number so we went back to ABSA (Burgesfort , Tubatse Crossing mall Branch) we told them about the incident and they said they will do investigation. Blue Label says they want a receipt to be able to help us, we gave Absa all the information and which ATM , date , time frame and all, even today we haven't got a call about the investigation, we went there to ask for the footage to see where did the money go if they cant find it even today we are still waiting and the business is dying. I deposit money into account and the machine doesn't release a receipt, I give you all the details and time frame and tell you which machine I used then you wanna tell me is difficult for you to track the transaction. I dont really know what to do for me to get justice in that, 4000 cant just disappear just like that.

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Replies (4)
Absa
Absa's reply27 Dec 2018, 13:41
Official
Dear Customer
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
Please provide me with the account number the deposit should've gone into, the ATM number the deposit was done, also confirm if the ATM is at the branch, this information can be sent via private message.
Regards
Claudette  
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Simon M's update03 Jan 2019, 11:38
Reviewer Update
Sorry for responding late, is far to get to town plus December holidays. The ATM number is ATM ********** 0, Account number is ********** 665 and the ATM is at the branch Tubatse Crossing Mall. We did go to the bank and the manager tried to look if the money went into the account or stuck in the machine and they couldn't find the money. Case was locked before for the lost money so the option we had was to view the cctv footage to see if the money was taken by someone outside or stuck in the ATM and the manager refused us to see the footage. They made us go to the police do up and down, the police said is an internal technical error the bank should have done the investigation because the police don't see a crime here. The manager refused with the ATM number we had to make a another deposit so that we can see the ATM number, she even took our numbers saying she will check the footage alone and call us with a response. The problem here is that this should have been done long time ago we are just doing up and down just to view a footage and her seeing the footage alone is not good enough considering she doesn't want with the footage. Since the deposit was made (28 November 2018) my sister went inside to talk about the receipt problem even today we are still going up and down, the manager refuse to show us the footage.
Absa
Absa's reply03 Jan 2019, 13:34
Official
Dear Customer
Thank you for the response.
The details I requested did not pull through on my side, please resend via private message.
Regards
Claudette
Absa
Absa's reply04 Jan 2019, 10:04
Official
Dear Simon
Thank you for the information.
I have noted that your complaint was logged under reference number *** yesterday, a case manager will be in touch with you once the matter has been resolved.
Regards
Claudette