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From: d4g4h4 on 12 Aug 2010 08:29 Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > Dutch banks deny free cash rumour > > RNW A rumour that cash machines in the Netherlands were dispensing free > money triggered an avalanche of rumours on Twitter on Wednesday evening. A > spokeswoman for ING Bank, however, denied that a technical fault in the > country's electronic paying system caused the cash machines to hand out > banknotes without charging the client's account. The error put ING's own > electronic tills out of action for four hours, and its clients were > advised to carry out their money withdrawals at other banks' cash > dispensers. This led to rumours that people at a Rabobank machine in The > Hague were able to withdraw hundreds of euros from their ING accounts > without the bank being aware of it. A long cue of people formed at the The > Hague machine, and the rumour did the rounds on Twitter; many > participants, however, pointed out that ING Bank would be able to trace > anyone who had benefited from any unregistered cash withdrawals and would > reclaim the money later. I'm reminded of this story- http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/jan/16/rebeccaallison2 -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: Runge 124 on 12 Aug 2010 14:31
hahaha funny martin ! "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> a �crit dans le message de groupe de discussion : 623866lsi71pomnkm96f32es2i5md36nk7(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:29:44 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ > chancellor (*)) wrote: > >>Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Dutch banks deny free cash rumour >>> >>> RNW A rumour that cash machines in the Netherlands were dispensing free >>> money triggered an avalanche of rumours on Twitter on Wednesday evening. >>> A >>> spokeswoman for ING Bank, however, denied that a technical fault in the >>> country's electronic paying system caused the cash machines to hand out >>> banknotes without charging the client's account. The error put ING's own >>> electronic tills out of action for four hours, and its clients were >>> advised to carry out their money withdrawals at other banks' cash >>> dispensers. This led to rumours that people at a Rabobank machine in The >>> Hague were able to withdraw hundreds of euros from their ING accounts >>> without the bank being aware of it. A long cue of people formed at the >>> The >>> Hague machine, and the rumour did the rounds on Twitter; many >>> participants, however, pointed out that ING Bank would be able to trace >>> anyone who had benefited from any unregistered cash withdrawals and >>> would >>> reclaim the money later. >> >>I'm reminded of this story- >> >>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/jan/16/rebeccaallison2 > > LOL > > Moral: Always wear a burka when emptying faulty ATMs. > -- > > Martin > |