Wow! Man Accidentally Paid 367 Times More Than He Was Owed
Can you imagine checking your bank account and finding that your employer paid you 367 more than you were owed? Well, that’s exactly what happened to a man in the country of Hungary. Without a doubt, that is one huge direct deposit mistake.
Direct Deposit Mistake Pays Man 367 Times More Than Necessary
So, how in the world did this happen? Here’s the story according to Spooky on OddityCentral.com. This man in Hungary worked for a company there but was let go during his trial period. Altogether, he was owed about $238 bucks for his short stay at this business. However, he gave the company a bank account in the country of Austria to which they should deposit the money owed.
Of course, they don’t use American dollars to pay folks in Hungary or Austria. The currency in Hungary is forints. In Austria, they use the euro. Evidently, the company paid the guy in euros instead of forints, and that’s how the mistake occurred.
In this case, it takes a lot of forints to equal one euro. In fact, the employer owed this man over 92,000 forints. Comparatively, that’s around 238 euros. Unfortunately for the employer, they made a huge direct deposit mistake by paying him 92,549 euros instead of forints! Do the math and you’ll find that’s 367 times more than they owed this guy.
Basically, 92,549 euros converts to about $101,499 American dollars. Yikes!
At a money exchange, a man hands American dollars to a woman on the other side of a clear partition. She hands the man back euros.
Would You Give The Money Back Or Try To Keep It?
Consequently, the company wants its money back, but this guy says he can’t access the cash from the Austrian bank anymore. Good try buddy! Authorities caught him making an ATM withdrawal from the account. Subsequently, he faces charges of “unlawful appropriation” and could end up paying a huge fine.
With this in mind, I began thinking about what I might do in this situation. I pride myself on being honest. To be sure, if I catch a cashier handing me more change back than necessary, I give back the overage. Have I always been totally honest? Of course not! I’m only human. So, what would you or I do in this situation?
For example, if the company that made the direct deposit mistake never tried to contact you, would you keep the cash? It’s tempting, that’s for dang sure. How about if you already spent some of the “accidental cash?” Then, the company contacts you and requests you refund their mistake. Would you pay them back in full, or just what’s remaining?
Interesting moral questions to ponder, and I’ll keep my fictitious decisions to myself.
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