The Guardian is reporting that a woman named “Sally Donaldson” (not her real name) ended up transferring her monthly paycheck into someone else’s bank account by accident. The British hairdresser, and mother of two, thought she was transferring her paycheck into the joint account she shares with her hubby, but she was one number off on the account, and in total transferred $40-grand over two years….and never noticed!
What can the bank do? Nothing. The lucky recipient won’t give the money back, and he/she doesn’t have to.
Experts say this is a good lesson. We’ve developed a blind trust in computers, and we need to double check everything we do.
I say if you don’t notice that you’re missing $40,000 computers are NOT the problem. You have too much money!!
