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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 10:23 AM
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Bank Hands Fla Woman Check For $48 MILLION
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MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida woman thought she was getting a certified check for $85 but her bank mistakenly made it out for more than $48.7 million.

Letha Schmitt of Pensacola walked around for three days with the check, unaware of the error, until the bank called on Wednesday to tell her of the mistake, the Pensacola News Journal reported on Thursday.

"I just thought it was a hoot," Schmitt, 50, told the newspaper.

The Bank of Pensacola said the teller entered the check number in the space for the check amount. The check could not have been cashed, officials said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=1&u=/nm/20030807/od_nm/odd_millionaire_dc
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 10:45 AM
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1. If I were her,
in those three days I would've cashed that check and left the country }(.

I've had a few bank error made in my favor before but I want her luck :-).
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 10:49 AM
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2. Read this guy's story.
http://users.rcn.com/pcombs/$$parti.html
Deposited bogus $95,000 check he got in direct mail "get rich quick" come on.
It's hilarious.
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