ATM mistake lead to $700,000,000 credited to bank account

http://englishrussia.com/?p=249

This story happened a few days ago in Ekaterinburg city, in Ural region in Russia. One man decided to add some money to his bank account via ATM. He went to the nearest one and put 2,000 roubles (around $74). The ATM took the money and returned him a slip. Here is the photo of that slip:




The amount on the slip was 2,006,699,00 RUR (around $7,430,000). He was astonished, he has got another slip – and still the amount was the same. So he decided to go the bank and tell them about the mistake ATM made.

He arrived to the bank and told a clerk his story, also showed a slip, but the clerk was not interested in the situation. “Many strange things happen buddy” told the clerk to the 2 billion roubles account holder, “Come back please some other time, I’ve got lot of things to do right now”.

The man got offended with such a response. He went straight to the nearest ATM and started withdrawing the cash. All the day he was going from one ATM to another withdrawing the daily limit of each one. Between the withdrawals he was again putting some more millions to his account in total his balance reached 20 billion roubles ($70 million).

All the money he put in big shoe boxes and afterwards took all those boxes and went again to that bank clerk. He rammed the box to the clerk desk. “What’s this? What are you doing?”, asked him the clerk. “It’s money. Millions of roubles”.

Clerk was really shocked. He called other bank workers and they all got greatly amazed by what they were presented. They took the money from the “magic” cardholder, told him “thank you” for his honest and unusual behavior, and he went home.

On the way home he again went to a nearest ATM and tried the trick. And again he has got 2 billion roubles available after his 2 thousand transfer. He again called the bank but nobody wanted to be in charge of this growing incident. Only a few hours later all the ATMs of this bank were turned off.

It’s a typical Russian incident from my point of view. I don’t think that in any other country bank workers could be so irresponsible, mistakes so huge buy amounts and poor people so honest.

Wow...
I love stories of people with integrity.

In America, you’d be found out immediately after you tried to leave the Country with it.

(I’m not speaking about all Americans, of course)

Russians still have a bit of communist community feeling. The poor, not the rich.

Daniella, you couldn't get away with that in America in the first place.

Yup...
You are right, Kiku -which is why most would just go straight into the bank.

Because you know, that ATM camera shot of you would be on the news in less than 30 minutes.

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It seems he could have gotten away with it, and yet he turned it in.
That's cool.
Yeah, and what's with the ATM's in Russia?

I don't know Dani but there sure better than the ATMs in England they charge you money to use them :headscrat

Us Brit's are allway's getting stiffed

Dammm man, lol, You can bet your a** that i'd have been on the nearest plane to Spain or maybe Mexico (Too lay low) within 10 minutes, :laugh:
I dont know much about the law though, probally would be able to chase me there knowing my luck :cry:

:laugh: I feel sorry for ya Fen, ATM's around here are free , And if i pray they set up that Super Casino in sheffield, they might even add an extra bonus :D

In russia simply flee to the US and your safe (and with 2 mil whos gonna argue with you here?).

Would they just let you jump on a plane?

They wouldnt know for atleast until the CCTV is watched over though
I think anyway, if they aslazy as they are here anyways

Wait, it was like 70 million.

I can't believe such a huge mistake...
It's absolutely wild.

$7,430,000 Hahaha, Must old Soviet ATMs Musta confused
74 Dollars
With 7 Million 400thousadn Dollars (Well in russian Cash, Roubles)