On XXXX XXXX 2016 I went to the bank and requested a wire transfer to a company in XXXX ( ( {$5900.00} ). I filled out the wire transfer services instructions. See wells fargo reference number XXXX. I was asked to put the XXXX number and XXXX number of the recipient bank, XXXX in XXXX. I wrote the correct XXXX number, but got confused and did not put the payee 's correct IBAN number. The Wells Fargo staff also did not realize the incorrectness of the XXXX number ( the number I put has too few digits to be a valid IBAN number ). I left the bank but twenty minutes later I realized that I has put the wrong number in the XXXX field. I called the bank -- both the branch and the Wells Fargo wire department. Both told me that it was too late " the wire had gone ''. I asked if I could follow with a correction. They said that Wells Fargo had to wait for the money to be returned by XXXX which should, according to WF, take 3-5 business days. I asked if I could do a recall. WF said that would take 30 days. So I waited a week and no money was returned. I asked WF to run a trace and a correction. A week later now still no word at all and no money. This is unjust. Surely Wells Fargo can contact XXXX and figure out where the money is. I am clearly getting the run-around where nobody wants to take the time or responsibility. I recognize the error that I made in initially giving the wrong XXXX number, but I feel that WF can rectify the situation after two weeks if it wants to expend a little effort. Or did I just lose {$6000.00} because I inserted the wrong number? 
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