Double money for lucky bankers
February 2, 2007 by admin
Filed under News, News-Banking
A number of bank customers in Cambridgeshire were given quite a surprise when a cash machine began paying out double money.
Customers, who were merely doing their daily banking, were both surprised and delighted when they realised that they were being given twice the amount of cash that they were asking for.
Word soon spread and a huge queue formed outside the cash point, with everyone wanting to get a piece of the action.
The machine only handed out the wrong money for one hour and it is unclear how much was taken, but it is clear that the bank lost a substantial amount of money.
The error was down to a mistake made by one of the bank workers, who filled the £10-note dispenser with £20-notes.
Those who were lucky enough to get their hands on some free cash then got another surprise when the bank released a statement saying that they are allowed to keep the money.
“It was strange keying in an amount and finding you got double what you asked for,” one lucky banker told the Cambs Times.
“I’m amazed the bank has told me I can now keep the extra cash – there will be dozens of people celebrating their good fortune.”
