Cash machine gave wrong amount

[Lysander]

Quick question. I took out £20 from the machine, it gave me £30.

My account says £20 was taken out. Error in my favour or will it be noticed?

 

[rubberduck]

You got an extra £10? Flee the country before the feds get wind of it!!

 

[arknor]

 

[SpaghettiOs]

Error in your favour but if the bank does notice they have every right to demand it back.

 

[Maccy]

But in all seriousness, chances are that the bank will see it and amend your records.

 

[McGray]

Return to cash machine and put it back in.

 

[gillywibble]

Spend it like there's no tomorrow

 

[Jano]

a tenner and a twenty note? someone may have filled the machine incorrectly, go back for more

 

[grimm]

Can they prove that you actually received £30 though? I'd be pocketing that

As Maccy said...

 

[Vulcan]

Quick question. I took out £20 from the machine, it gave me £30.

My account says £20 was taken out. Error in my favour or will it be noticed?

Why are you back here posting on the internet?

Go back and clean the machine out!

 

[Craig1981]

The swat team has already been dispatched. They'll be with you soon. Don't try to run.

 

[Cosimo]

You'll be getting a knock on the door at 6am.

 

[estebanrey]

There used to be a trick you could do with those cash machines in shops (the ones that charge you £2.50 to take your money out) whereby you could get into the management screen (using a default password which was rarely changed) then swap around the £10 and £20 holders in the system. Then you put your card in take out say £100 and you'd get £200 but only a hundred would be logged against your account. You then logged back into the management screen and swapped them back again.

Pretty sure they've stopped it now though.

 

[Xire]

Why are you back here posting on the internet?

Go back and clean the machine out!

This!

I once had a similar thing with petrol. It charged me £0.34 per litre instead of £1.34. One of the greatest days of my life.

 

[estebanrey]

Go back and clean the machine out!

Maybe he doesn't have any more money in his bank?

 

[Name]

Withdraw more! take advantage of this limited offer!

lol jk, i wouldnt worry about it too much

I remembering this happening before somewhere else, only the ATM was giving 100% extra, free, people withdrawing their daily allowance and ending up with double at no extra charge

tens and tens of people lined the street wanting to use the machine, cleared it out within the hour!

 

[4T5]

Quit your job & emigrate.

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

What happens to notes if you don't take them and leave them in the tray, do they get supped back in or does it sit there until someone takes it?

I'd say well I asked for £20, saw that it dispensed a £20 and a £10 which was a mistake, so I just took my £20 and left the £10 there, so it's not my problem lol

 

[Rampart]

There used to be a trick you could do with those cash machines in shops (the ones that charge you £2.50 to take your money out) whereby you could get into the management screen (using a default password which was rarely changed) then swap around the £10 and £20 holders in the system. Then you put your card in take out say £100 and you'd get £200 but only a hundred would be logged against your account. You then logged back into the management screen and swapped them back again.

Pretty sure they've stopped it now though.

This sounds like one of those far too good to be true urban myths!

 

[platypus]

The machine counts what was taken and logs it against transactions though, so it will probably get brought up later on.