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Another Direct Debit taken after account closed thread....

  • June 29, 2026
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My mother is who is 94 and has early onset dementia recently moved her account away from Ovo. Until yesterday I had no complaints - we received her final bill and an email stating her refund would be in her account within four days

Unfortunately when I checked her bank statement , I saw that an additional £95 had been taken after the date of the final bill

My phone call to Ovo was the usual joyous experience - 35 mins on hold and then a connection to some place by the sound of it. on the other side of the world

I get that you need to ask security, but this person wouldnt go through it with me, only my mother, who couldnt answer the questions anyway

I said I didnt want to speak about any confidential items, I just wanted Ovo to put back the money they shouldnt have taken. At this point I got the same answer repeated that they could only speak to the account holder

What do I do? I wouldnt mind, but there was no hint of any apology only a total “computer says no” attitude.

 

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Chris_OVO
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  • June 29, 2026

Hey ​@MikeMilf,

 

I’m really sorry to hear about what you’ve been going through! I completely understand the need to keep our customers’ accounts secure. Just to clarify, are you listed as an account holder? It sounds like you might not be, and in that case, we would need to have verbal consent from the account holder, along with passing security, to discuss the account. 

 

If your mother isn’t able to answer the security questions right now, it might be a good idea to consider setting up a power of attorney to make things a bit easier for you. I’ve included some links below that can help you with more information. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney (England and Wales)

https://www.mygov.scot/power-of-attorney (Scotland)

 

You can also find more information in the following thread