Woman gets 363 million Euro social security money

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The thread discusses a reported incident where a woman received an erroneous transfer of 363 million Euros due to a mistake in a social security transaction. Participants share their reactions to the story, speculate on the implications of such a large sum of money, and reflect on similar experiences with financial errors.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant recounts the story of a woman who received 363 million Euros instead of a small transfer due to a banking error.
  • Several participants express humorous reactions, suggesting they would take the money and escape to a tropical location.
  • There is a shared sentiment that such occurrences seem more like fiction than reality.
  • Another participant shares a personal anecdote about a similar banking error involving a large sum of money credited to an association's account, which was quickly rectified.
  • Discussion includes light-hearted speculation about the potential uses of such a large amount of money, including thoughts about acquiring a new identity or even renting a country.

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Participants generally agree on the humorous and surreal nature of the incident, but there is no consensus on the seriousness of the implications or the likelihood of such errors occurring.

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Participants reference a news article for context, but there are no detailed discussions about the legal or financial ramifications of the incident.

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I my newspaper the other day :biggrin:.. a 39 year old woman had to rub her eyes when she looked at her account balance: an amount of 363 million Euros had been transferred to her account, underneath it said 'corrective transfer action', the money is being returned to her. Turned out that a cityworker had made a mistake when doing a social security transaction and instead of transferring 45 Euros to the bankaccount, the bankaccount number itself got transferred :eek:

363 million Euros..
 
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I say: Grab it and straight to the Bahamas! :biggrin:
 
Geeze, even I would have sent a nice thank you note, taken the money (assuming, naturally, that the government does not make mistakes) and taken off to some tropical island, after getting a new identity, of course. :-p
 
I know! 363 million euros should buy a nice new identity :wink:

But really, I thought stuff like that only happened in dreams or in movies :cool:
It's here, on the Metro frontpage http://www.clubmetro.nl/content/acrobat/amsterdam/NLAMS_20040415_A_Metro.pdf?PHPSESSID=584497aa96bc85f665314dca95798b82
 
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But really, I thought stuff like that only happened in dreams or in movies :cool:
It's here, on the Metro frontpage http://www.clubmetro.nl/content/acrobat/amsterdam/NLAMS_20040415_A_Metro.pdf?PHPSESSID=584497aa96bc85f665314dca95798b82

Dutch is not my strength (but it looks funny for a german-talker :smile: )

Tja, where there are people working there are made mistakes. I've seen something similar in an association I'm a member of: one day the bank made a crediting of about 400'000 Swiss francs (maybe 300'000 Euro) onto the association account:smile: ...But they detected the mistake right the next day :frown:
 
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I know! 363 million euros should buy a nice new identity :wink:

But really, I thought stuff like that only happened in dreams or in movies :cool:
It's here, on the Metro frontpage http://www.clubmetro.nl/content/acrobat/amsterdam/NLAMS_20040415_A_Metro.pdf?PHPSESSID=584497aa96bc85f665314dca95798b82
Wow, thanks for the article Monique! :confused: :-p

kuengbe, that was hysterical! :biggrin:
 
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Yes, thanks for the article :biggrin: Who knew speaking Dutch would have a use on an international physics forum one day?

With that kind of money...I would start thinking which country I wanted to take over :cool:
I believe it is possible to rent Lichtenstein for a few days. I wonder how much it would cost to buy it.
 

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