The sort-code mix-up means Gwynfor is now unlikely to see that money again. He said: 'I was surprised to learn that HSBC customers could have the same account number and such similar sort codes.

sort code and account number which she was told to enter to pay a delivery fee. Ms S then received a call from someone she thought was from HSBC, with this individual telling her they suspected ...

account number and sort code, she didn’t think anything of it. A few days later she received a call from someone pretending to be from HSBC and when she questioned if they were from the bank the ...

HSBC documentation states: "Unfortunately, we cannot rely on redirection forever so account details ... orders and direct debits.” Sort codes are six digit numbers which identify both the ...

sort code and account number to pay a small fee. She then received a call purporting to be from HSBC UK, advising the bank was aware of a suspected fraud. She was asked to disclose an OTP code to ...