I paid my rent three days early.
I transferred $1,800 to my landlord.
The payment went through.
I saved the confirmation.
Two weeks later, my landlord texted me:
“Your rent is overdue.”
I sent him the payment confirmation.
He said he hadn’t received anything.
I called my bank.
They confirmed the transfer had gone through.
They gave me the transaction reference.
I sent it to my landlord.
He said the reference didn’t match his account.
I thought my bank had made a mistake.
So I went to the branch.
The bank employee pulled up the transfer.
It had been sent to the exact account number my landlord had given me.
I called him again.
He insisted the account belonged to him.
Then I asked him to send me the account details again.
He did.
I compared them.
One digit was different.
I showed him.
He said he had never given me the other number.
The bank investigated.
They discovered…