Martin wrote in
:
A colleague had around £50K accidentally put in his account by the
Dutch tax people. He told them what they had done. It took them around
6 months before they retrieved the money. We wanted him to put the
money in a high interest savings account, but he didn't dare.

A story about Pat Coombs, who deposited a junk advert cheque
for $95000, and due to a bank error the money became his and
he was able to withdraw it..

http://www.goodthink.com/writing/vie...d=11&page_id=2