Banco was as shocked as Maddie. Affair ended well. It’s not a unique case.
A young American woman recently experienced moments of genuine panic after a night out.
When she woke up the morning after a night of drinking, Maddie McGivern looked at her banking app. The balance, to his surprise, was stained a frightening red, clearly negative… 50 billion dollars (around 42.8 billion euros).
Despite still having just over $76 in the account, the huge debt was there. Disoriented, she asked her friends: “What am I doing!?”, while the moment was filmed by a friend, who later shared the video online.
@gabefloress We went out to the bar and Maddie checked her phone when we got home and she’s -$50 billion dollars in debt #fyppageforyou #fypシ ♬ original sound – gabe
Of course, Maddie contacted the bank right away. The employees were as surprised as she was.
After putting it on hold to analyze the case, the institution ended up admitting the error, explaining, in a statement, that everything was due to a “technical failure that occurred over the weekend”, which had affected some accounts and caused astronomically wrong amounts to appear in bank applications. The problem has since been corrected and the phantom debt erased, notes the .
The case, which made national news, ended well, but one can only imagine the heartbreaking shock of seeing one’s own account like this.
Maddie’s case is not unique. A PayPal user became, for two minutes, the “richest man ever”when your balance was mistakenly set at 70 quadrillion pounds. The error was quickly detected and corrected, dashing any dreams of effortless wealth.
In Chile, a worker who mistakenly received 330 times monthly salary He came out on top: he ended up keeping the money. He promised to return it, but resigned three days later and, after a three-year legal battle, a court ruled that he could not be held criminally responsible for keeping the money.
