Bank transfer gone wrong

So he gave you a completely different account number the 1st time, what was this over the phone? Do you have a written record of the details - are the two bank sort codes the same?

The odds of transferring money into a strangers bank account due to a typo must be tiny. Idk about Germany, but here in the UK numbers are 8 digits and sort codes are 6 digits. If the 2nd account number he gave you was completely different, it's not a clerical error. Either a) He made a typo - in which case the payment would surely bounce or b) He gave you someone else's acct number & sort code or c) He has the money in his possession and is refusing to send goods.

You have a written record of both details A and details B, and you have a record of making a payment to details A. Scam or no scam, going by what you've said, I can't see how he is not 100% at fault.

Hey,
no, all via PM and I saved each one.

For intl. bank transfers you need IBAN (which is a combination of account and directory code) & BIC which he gave me.

The first IBAN differs from the second, according to him, correct one. Sort code (within the IBAN) and BIC was the same, just the 8-digit account number was completely different.

I'm going to wait until end of this week for his reply, when there's nothing coming, I'll put this out here.

Thanks

-edit, and yes, I have proof of payment of course (my bank report) that's also the first thing the cops asked for.