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by nabla9 2018 days ago
That's not correct. At least not in general and not in most developed countries. If it's international transfer, it's more complicated.

You should transfer to be stopped or reversed as fast as possible. If it can't be done, receiving bank can freeze the funds.

Sometimes the person who receives the money may be held liable if they just spend large sums of money that were transferred to their account.