James Jewell-Hazelton, 26, who was working next door in an off license at the time, said: 'It was hilarious - more and more people just kept arriving.
'I would say it was mostly middle-aged people but a few kids arrived on their bikes with what I presume were their parents' bank cards. But when the police arrived the crowd of people went off merrily down the road - I'm sure the pubs in the village did very well that night.'
(Read by Emily Cheng. Emily Cheng is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)
双语资讯
(Agencies)
英国某地一台ATM机发生故障,在顾客取款时会吐出双倍数额的现金,有数百名顾客趁机取款,但银行表示大家可以留下这份“飞来横财”。
此消息不胫而走之后,有些人甚至赶来取走了数千英镑。
事件发生在英国汉普郡利明顿附近的富裕小镇米尔福德,前来取款的居民们迅速排起了长队。
在两小时的故障时间里约有200名顾客取走现金。随后警方赶到现场,关闭了这台ATM机。
警方还通过推特发布了关闭故障ATM机的消息。
消息说:“如果你接到电话,称汇丰银行在米尔福德镇的一台ATM机发生了故障,可以多取钱,那么对不起大家我们已经赶到那里了。”
“如果你故意从ATM机中多取钱,那么银行可能会以欺诈罪追究你的责任。”
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