An Indian teacher got the shock of his life when he checked his bank account online and found 490bn rupees ($9.8bn).
Parijat Saha expected his balance to be $200 and could not believe his eyes - but a check at an ATM confirmed his billionaire status, on paper at least.
The honest Mr Saha rang the State Bank of India (SBI) to point out the error.
Red-faced bank officials would not comment, but sources say the funds were "uncleared" and he could not have withdrawn the money if he had tried.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16607018
Bank Error In Your Favour - Collect $9.8bn!
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Damned libruls taking that poor man's hard ... earned ... money?
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Losers weepers, finders keepers.
It's not his fault they made a mistake. I'm sure if the mistake was from the bank foreclosing on someone's house cause the customer's check was 1 cent short with the mortgage payment, they'd take their time to fix it. Like years.


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Problem is in the fine print. They make the rules which most of us don't bother reading when we sign that form to start an account.kiki5711 wrote:Losers weepers, finders keepers.![]()
It's not his fault they made a mistake. I'm sure if the mistake was from the bank foreclosing on someone's house cause the customer's check was 1 cent short with the mortgage payment, they'd take their time to fix it. Like years.
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