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BANK ERROR IN COUPLE'S FAVOR: PAIR ABSCONDS WITH MILLIONS Here's another non-numismatic item, but for those of us who dream of having the cash to finance our collections and libraries, here's how one dream came true. It pays to check your bank balance, and in the case of a New Zealand couple, it paid off big, according to this article from The Guardian -Editor  A couple from New Zealand, for example, now have every reason to believe their local bank's motto: making the most of life.The pair.. could hardly believe their luck when they checked their account at Westpac bank on 5 May, hoping to find their request for a NZ$10,900 (£4,000) overdraft had been accepted. Instead, the bank had deposited 1,000 times that amount: NZ$10m, or around £4m. With so many borrowers around the world constantly being told "no" by their creditors, here, finally, was a bank that liked to say "yes". While their whereabouts remains a mystery, local reports speculated they may have fled to China or South Korea after transferring as much as NZ$6m to an offshore account. The local newspaper, the Rotorua Review, said a police official had been sent to China to search for the couple. To read the complete article, see: New Zealand couple flee after finding £4m in their bank account (www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/21/new-zealand-millionaires-flee-westpac) Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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