Hiya,

Ive been touring non-stop the last 2 months as I was saving up for a surgery. Ive been fortunate enough to have more good days than bad days on this tour and that has off course come with a lots of cash deposits to my account. One of my accounts with barclays has been frozen and the funds removed with the reference "TO RECONCILE Debit COVENTRY OPS 05 ADV". I had about 18,000 in this account as this was the account where all my bills, rent etc came out and also the account I was going to pay for my rhinoplasty out off, hence why I needed to have such a large amount in it.  Ive been told to wait 10 working days whilst an investigation into the funds is carried out, from my understanding they suspect money laundering which isnt the case at all. Was wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what the final outcome was, I know the funds will be returned to me but when is completely up in the air. I also suspect my account with them will more than likely be closed which im not fussed about at all, would just like my money back tbh at this point. If anyone else has gone through this how long did it take to resolve?

The lady on the phone said I would be given an update within 10 working days. I have no idea if that update will involve unfreezing my account or giving me access to my funds again, just that it will be an update. The whole thing is weighing heavily on me, I feel like Im being treated like a criminal and Im scared of what this will do to my credit score and history. My surgery is scheduled for about 2 months away and Ive already paid the deposit for it, Im scared I wont have access to the funds then if this investigation goes on an on and on. I asked if there was any way I could supply proof to speed up the investigation in anyway (adutwork payments from my bank for featured spots, verification emails for escort ireland/adultworkl, vivastreet invoices etc) but was told no. On the phone to the lady I stressed the kind of vulnerable position this leaves me in, essentially an escort working far from home with no access to the majority of her money and they didnt care. This situation has put me in a position where I'm now no longer working because I want to but because I have to to build up some kind of financial cushion to deal with this issue. Just feel so down. I hope I get access to my funds before rent day, it would be embarrassing for all of this to come out because of this. Just feel so down right now.

Hiya,

Ive been touring non-stop the last 2 months as I was saving up for a rhinoplasty. Ive been fortunate enough to have more good days than bad days on this tour and that has off course come with a lots of cash deposits to my account. One of my accounts with barclays has been frozen and the funds removed with the reference "TO RECONCILE Debit COVENTRY OPS 05 ADV". I had about 18,000 in this account as this was the account where all my bills, rent etc came out and also the account I was going to pay for my rhinoplasty out off, hence why I needed to have such a large amount in it.  Ive been told to wait 10 working days whilst an investigation into the funds is carried out, from my understanding they suspect money laundering which isnt the case at all. Was wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what the final outcome was, I know the funds will be returned to me but when is completely up in the air. I also suspect my account with them will more than likely be closed which im not fussed about at all, would just like my money back tbh at this point. If anyone else has gone through this how long did it take to resolve?

There is a few facebook groups for all the banks that are doing this.  Loads of people are going through it.  For Barclays there is Barclays Account Review Horror and Barclays closed my account.  There are people in the same boat and can give you advise on the process etc.

Barclays did the same to me.  He froze my account 1.5 years ago. Then he canceled it.  Since then I have several bank accounts with different banks.  And I always make sure they never have more than 5-6000 on them.

how long did it take you to get access to your monry again?

thanks for getting back to me. Not what I wanted to hear but thanks for letting me know! will continue updating this thread so others who may experience this problem in the future can read. hopefully it all resolves itself soonerb rather than later

Phew, thank heavens!

It's up to you HB, but I'd be setting up a couple of new accounts sooner rather than later. I think a couple of the banks are still offering bonus cash if you want to switch the whole thing

It's up to you HB, but I'd be setting up a couple of new accounts sooner rather than later. I think a couple of the banks are still offering bonus cash if you want to switch the whole thing

Sensible as always Amy!

I use an account in my maid@n name. I find PayPal a bit risky as it can share your address, let's face it, none of us need that!!