Man finds 88 bil in bank account and reports it!

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When Paul Fischer checked his bank account Friday night, he had a happy surprise. His balance had exploded to $88,888,888,888.88. A very lucky number indeed, and close to $89 billion.

Of course, the balance was a technical error by SunTrust Bank (NYSE: STI - News), which quickly fixed the problem. It also may have occurred in other accounts.

"You say, 'Eighty-eight billion, what can I do with that?'" said Mr. Fischer, who owns a jewelry concessionaire for Florida theme parks. "Maybe a handful of us could have brought down SunTrust

Mr. Fischer had other ideas as well. Before the problem was fixed, he asked a SunTrust rep if he could move the money to an interest-bearing account until it was reclaimed and donate the interest to charity. Total interest: more than $7.3 million.

The bank said no.

The money was stripped out of his account by Saturday morning.

"It's all gone. I'm poor again," he said. "I was a billionaire for five hours."

This kind of bank error happens frequently. But Mr. Fischer raises an interesting question: What if, for five hours, you truly did have $89 billion?

What would you do with the money? The ground rules are that you would have to give the money back — and whatever you bought or invested with it — after five hours.
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PFFT

With 88 bil I would have had bought a ton of stuff and gone through 5 different alternate identities in 5 hours. :cool:
 
I would withdraw it all in $1 bills, take it out in the street throw 87 billion into the air, take the other 2 Billion with me to my house, Hide it someone, and then when they asked for it back say I walked out that bank and threw it into the air
then I would buy every game you can on steam, just to say I own every game. and then just hold my money till I turn 18, then Get a Car, and a House and just chill playing eGO all day, (I'd donate 1 Million to eGO)
 
I would probably help my parents pay off mortgage/car to start off



Then I would maybe buy myself a good pc


And help a few charities

and help my grandparents out
 
I would do nothing with it, because the terms of agreement with your bank states that any bank errors that they've made will be corrected and treated as if the error never existed. If you withdraw 87 billion, they'll give you a negative 87 billion balance.
 
True dat. Not rly worth it. I'm the kind of person that is ok with just getting by.. sure its nice to have a little extra now and then. but its not really necessary.
 
after transferring it all offshore, and moving to italy, my secondary citizen status, (they would never be able to extradite me) i would be gone, laughing at this countiries pitiful banking system.
 
Here comes the win answer. (Suck up) Id donate it all to eGO! And then when they ask for it back tell them to join and see how it was used. (Of course this isn't my real answer xD I would probably donate like 50 billion to charity. And then I guess save like 2 billion for me and give the rest back. And then if they ask for it I show them one of those heartbreaking charity commercials and be like "Would you really take this away from them?" And hopefully those commercials would do their job and make them feel like jerks. (Which is basically what they're job is.)

~R3D
 
If I had 88.888... billion that didn't need to be returned?
First, I'd pay off standing debts incurred by myself and immediate family members. Then, I'd project future expenses for, at least, 10 years, and set aside money for that. After that, It'd set aside a couple million for personal expenses in multiple accounts, none of which will have more than $100,000 in them (excluding interest. This way, if lost, I am allegedly guaranteed to have my money refunded). After that, I'd probably only buy three expensive luxury items that I wouldn't otherwise: A gaming rig, a powerful laptop (but battery life and reliability are more important than being able to play Haloes of War: Modern Rehash 67 at all, much less max settings), and a car of exceptional functionality and reliability, not them rich-folks cars. Maybe a motorcycle and a rifle to prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse, but not much else. Beyond that, it's probably mostly going to be for philanthropic causes.

Oh, and it'd be super-secret. I'd build a clubhouse for the people who knew, and then I could eat all of the peanuts, because I wouldn't have to share.
 
It would be wrong but i wouldnt report it, give some to charity, help parents, give money to who ever wanted some.
 
D.T.S. said:
I would do nothing with it, because the terms of agreement with your bank states that any bank errors that they've made will be corrected and treated as if the error never existed. If you withdraw 87 billion, they'll give you a negative 87 billion balance.
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Yep, I remember reading a story about a women who was given only $1,000 extra, and she reported it, they did not fix the error in like 4 months, and she became unemployed and had to use it to pay her rent, and then they decided to reclaim the extra amount given in error, pushing her deeper into bankruptcy.
 
I would phone the bank inform them and that's it.

Any taking of the money would back fire no matter how much or little you took.
 
I would send all the money to buy a secret underground layer. I would hiring gun experts and martial art experts, and use them to train my massive army of NINJAS!!!!! Then I would take over the world. MWUAHAHAHAH I guess if you want want you can join me....
 
I would finally get those pair of pants I have been wanting for years.....



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I would buy the WORLD!!

muahahhahaha

actually idk, most likely the bank would screw you over if you spent any amount of it.
 
D.T.S. said:
I would do nothing with it, because the terms of agreement with your bank states that any bank errors that they've made will be corrected and treated as if the error never existed. If you withdraw 87 billion, they'll give you a negative 87 billion balance.
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yup and anything you did with that money (like invest it) you would have to pay off on the 5th hour.
 
There was a couple in New Zealand who ran away with the money after they found out. I don't think I ever found out what happened to them..
 
lucky c said:
i would withdraw it all in $1 bills, take it out in the street throw 87 billion into the air, take the other 2 billion with me to my house, hide it someone, and then when they asked for it back say i walked out that bank and threw it into the air
then i would buy every game you can on steam, just to say i own every game. And then just hold my money till i turn 18, then get a car, and a house and just chill playing ego all day, (i'd donate 1 million to ego)
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what a plan!
 
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