Web Typo Costs Dad Over $60,000

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...I'm not sure if the man is entitled to his money back, did he bother to check the account number between the time after he rquested the transfer and the time it posted to the lady's account? That may have been his only chance to get the money back. Then again, I don't know law... the lady knew that wasn't her money

Suppose a guy goes into a store and sees his son standing in line with a shopping cart full of goods. The son says he forgot his money and would Dad loan him some. Dad says yes and pulls out some money, puts it into an envelope, and tries to throw it into his son's cart. He misses. The envelope full of cash lands in some lady's cart standing close by. She turns and wheels her cart back towards the expensive parts of the store insisting that since the money ended up in her cart it belongs to her to do what she wants with it and she is not going to give it back. Dad and son are flabbergasted but out of luck. Is this the way it should be?

She will lose simply because she knew the money wasn't hers. Legally, if you find money you are required to allow a certain amount of time to pass while it is being advertised before you can make claim to it.
She wasn't to bright on this one.

she legally had no right to the money, and she knew dam well it wasn't hers. I worked at a bank, where an 80,000.00 error was deposited into the wrong account and the guy spent it figuring he wouldn't get caught - well guess what, the banks have all kinds of reports and back up paperwork that shows where the correct account the deposit should have went. He had to pay it back or go to jail. So the guy should definately get the money back, to be put into the correct account. She was down right wrong.

The problem is that the woman has no job and spent most of the money. Similar thing happened to my neighbor. Husband employed by RR company sent him a check for $29000 instead of $2,900. Wife spent all of the money. Took six months before they found mistake. Came after the money (spent). He lost his job. She may have to go to jail, but that does not get the money back.

I do virtually all my banking and bill paying online and every site I use has at the very least a double check ("you are about to make a $**.** payment to ******. Are you sure this is correct?") Some sites require multiple password entries to the point of being annoyingly ridiculous. I guess this gentleman just showed me why. It's obvious the bank is not at fault, and it seems they have the proof that the woman took his money, and that he did not intend for her to have it. I hope he gets it all back and she gets some type of punishment for the theft.

Funny, if this was the bank that made the mistake they would be demanding their money back, and they would get it back. Why is this not any different. The lady should have questioned why there was all this money in her account.

Has this lady ever heard of integrity? She knew that the money was not hers, and she spent it. That is called STEALING! Sometimes after making a purchase, I look at my receipt and realize that I was not charged for something. I go right back to the store and pay. To not do so is stealing. I hope that when my children witness this, they understand that taking something that you have not paid for is stealing. I hope that this man gets his money back, but I doubt that he will b/c the lady doesn't have the means to pay it back. I know I would be devastated if I lost that much money. People should just do what's right.

This was not a bank error so the bank is not culpable. The woman knew the money was not hers and she didn't attempt to find the error or the owner.

So I would say the man has to take the woman to court and get a judgement. Then they should be able to liquidate the assests she purchased using her 'windfall'. Whatever the liquidation yields would go to the man and the judgement would be against her future earnings.

The woman sounds like a gambler and jobless so total recovery of his money will most likely be hard fought.

When working back in England, I used to have to go to the bank often to get money for our petty cash. One day when I got back to the office I found that I had an excess of 60 Pounds. Did I keep it..NO WAY!!!!!I went to my boss to recount the money to make sure it was all okay and that the 60 Pounds was in excess, to which he confirmed. I then promptly went back to the bank and returned the money.

same thing happened to me....somebody deposited $122,454 into my account. I guess it was for a home. It was cool because I withdrew the money right away and went on a gambling binge in vegas where I made ANOTHER $300,000 + so I was on a roll. After taking a much needed vacation I ordered 2 mail order brides and had each set up in seperate houses! Life is good and sometimes one persons misfortune is anothers fortune! I now run an online gambling business from the bahamas and trust me I make a ton of money and mostly tax free! What is real cool is I bought another identity so I can still be in the states whenever I want just under another name! And... I get government assistence now also.

It is very simple. She knew the money was not hers. What ever happened to ethics and integrity????

Shameful. I hope they punish her severely. I hope the judge presiding over this case realizes the fact that she KNEW she was doing wrong and that money belonged to someone else. Had she thought the money was not going to be taken back and given to it's rightful owner, she would not have withdrawn it all and 'hid' $14,700 at her home.

No this woman was wrong in keeping the money! Why do you think she had it hidden in her house. She had to pay off gambling debts?? Does that sound like she is responsible? The man made an error, there are major companies that do the same thing. I'm not sure about Dutch law but here in the states she would be responsible for returning the money or go to jail or community service. What a piece of work this woman must be. Doesn't she feel guilty that this money could have been all that the depositor had in his savings? Did she not think that it may have been for an emergency or life threatening situation? I can't believe some of the people that are on our planet. Makes me wonder how much longer we are going to continue to be civilized???