Almost went to jail
A friend was held at CPS (Central Police Station) for more than 3 days
because a transaction (that he was neither part of nor aware of) went through
his account. Since he had no regularly income, he was not keeping an eye on his
bank account and it stayed dormant for a long while. There was a fraud in one
of the big banks and big chunk of the money was passed through his dormant
account and withdrawn. In the process of fraud investigation, he was taken to
CPS for questioning as the owner of the account. Unfortunately he was treated
as though he was and had to prove his innocence.
Almost had a party
I once went to the ATM to withdraw and as usual I requested for a receipt. Out of habit, I looked at the balance to verify with my mentally calculated balance. Well, if I had taken part in a lottery I would have had a party! The balance was much much more than I expected. Just that weekend, I had done my personal bank reconciliation and therefore knew what I had in the account. So I calculated the difference between what the balance reflected on the receipt and the one I knew I should have. The resultant difference was a figure that rang a bell. It was exactly equal to my net salary the previous year with a previous employer.
I once went to the ATM to withdraw and as usual I requested for a receipt. Out of habit, I looked at the balance to verify with my mentally calculated balance. Well, if I had taken part in a lottery I would have had a party! The balance was much much more than I expected. Just that weekend, I had done my personal bank reconciliation and therefore knew what I had in the account. So I calculated the difference between what the balance reflected on the receipt and the one I knew I should have. The resultant difference was a figure that rang a bell. It was exactly equal to my net salary the previous year with a previous employer.
