In English law (covering England and Wales), you have the right to keep money paid to you in error “under mistake of fact”, but only if you honestly believe that the money is yours.
However, if you requested £20, got £40 and £40 was allowed to be lent to you, then the cash is yours to keep, as neither you nor the bank has suffered any loss.
1. The words “hole in the wall” refer to _______.
A. a real hole in the wall
B. another ATM
C. the mouth of a neighbour
D. a common machine
2. We learn from the passage that the writer _______.
A. saw a huge queue on his way to a party and joined them
B. people queued up to withdraw money because the other ATMs were broken
C. had to use the unoccupied ATM to get some cash because he was in a hurry
D. was critical of what he saw when withdrawing cash from an ATM
3. According to the passage, _______.
A. last week, an ATM in Sydney, Australia paid out AU$10 for every request for AU$20
B. an ATM in Sydney, Australia was paying out more money than asked for because the bank owner had lifted the restriction
C. the machine paid out more money than requested even when a person had no money in his account
D. some people have been arrested on charge of getting extra money in the two happenings
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