Man 1 Bank 0

Generali

Apologies if this has been posted as it is a little old

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/93a47a62-daf0-11e1-8074-00144feab49a.html

It was a cheque, made out in my name, for $95,093.35 and it came in a junk-mail letter from a get-rich-quick company. It was worthless, meant only as a financial tease, a lip-licking come-on. “This is how much money you could soon be making.” What it was never meant for was deposit. But that’s exactly what made the thought of depositing it so irresistibly funny. What could possibly be funnier than depositing a perfectly ridiculous, obviously false, fake cheque? (Did I mention it had “non-negotiable” clearly written on it?)



So, as a joke, I deposited the fake cheque into my bank’s ATM. I felt like a million bucks doing so. I’d never had so much fun at my bank. Come to think of it, I’d never had any fun at my bank until the moment I endorsed the back of this “cheque” with a smiley face and slipped the Monopoly-like money into the mouth of the hungry ATM. For the first time ever, I walked away from my bank laughing....

TheConways

When I lived in the US, I used to get cheques like this in the post all the time. I was 18 years old, a student living on a student loan and some part-time waitressing work.

My mother used to joke about cashing them... I dare not show her this article in case it gives her ideas!

Generali

It's worth looking the bloke up on YouTube. He's very funny.

Mallotum_X

For those of us who don't subscribe to murdock, what happened next?

Generali

Mallotum_X wrote: »

For those of us who don't subscribe to murdock, what happened next?

The Financial Times is owned by Pearson not by Mr Murdoch, the 'Times' bit doesn't link the companies.

You can subscribe to the FT for free or you can Google Man 1, Bank 0 to find out more. In time you can probably see his show somewhere near you.

andy.m_2

what did he do with the money then?

jimibaboza

He gave it back after a couple of months.

andy.m_2

is that the big answer that he promises to reveal if you go and see the tour?

A bit of a let down.

TheConways

Google his name - there's an explanation that he gave back the money, but he wanted in exchange a letter from the bank admitting their mistake (to perhaps avoid any future repercussions).

He 's now a motivational speaker/writer/coach