Important to note: Those Monopoly cards that read "Bank error in your favor" don't exist in real life.A New Zealand couple reacted understandably -- if illegally -- when a bank accidentally credited their account with $6 million recently. They withdraw the cash and did a runner. The pair, who reportedly ran a service station in the country's North Island, asked the bank for a $6,000 overdraft but instead received the lump sum (plus a bunch of extra zeroes) in their business account.
No word on how much of the free bounty the fugitives were able to pocket before the bank cottoned onto their mistake, but they are understood to have fled the country. Interpol (the global police force, not the gloomy New York indie band) is on the case.
If caught, the Bank Error Bandits will presumably be instructed to go directly to jail, not to pass Go, and not to collect $200.


























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Tuesday 07 July
By jean
is no one honest anymore-75 yrs ago the money would have been reported.jmc
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Wednesday 08 July
By krista
oh please. you know damn well if you got 6 millie in your bank account you would spend that shit and run. i know i would. and anyone who says they wouldnt are either rich or lyin.
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Friday 10 July
By Patricia Slater
krista:
I'm not rich and never have been. However, I would never take any money that did not belong to me. That includes erroneous deposits in ANY AMOUNT. Wouldn't matter if it was $20 or $20 million.
I once made a deposit in my account that was credited twice. I called the bank instead of taking it all out.
To me, honor and truth come far before any other attributes. I have never had a lot of money but I can proudly say that I worked for every penny and never took a dime that 'fell' in front of my feet.
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