![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-woke-to-find-51k-in-my-bank-account/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23349953-1691159087267.jpg&description=MONEY TALKS Published : 15:25, 4 Aug 2023 A MAN was left stunned when he woke up and found a mystery deposit of £51,000 in his bank account - but he was rewarded for doing the right thing. The HSBC customer from Sydney, Australia, made the shocking discovery while randomly checking his banking app last week. 1 An HSBC customer woke up to find £51,000 deposited into his account He reported the jaw-dropping transaction to the bank through their online chat app after fighting the urge to hold onto the "life-changing" amount. "It was pretty tempting to do something dodgy, I'm not going to lie. But a quick Google search saying it's a crime was enough for me," he told Yahoo News Australia. "[I] brought myself back to reality that this is too good to be true and I won't be keeping that money." According to money.co.uk , if a sum of money is accidentally paid into your bank or savings account and you know it doesn't belong to you, then you must pay it back. They state that keeping this money could lead to you being charged with "retaining wrongful credit" and even if you go out and splash the cash, you will be liable to pay it back anyway. The bloke said that when he first saw the mega-figure in his banking app, he thought he had lost £51,000 from being hacked - but quickly realised "it was actually the reverse". He took screenshots of his interaction with the HSBC representative which showed him informing the bank of the bizarre error. The worker on the app said the transaction sounded "so worrying" before looking into it. He soon received an email from the Head of Mortgage Services at HSBC Australia, Tim Mozsny, who assured the man that the payment "dispute" would be resolved. It is believed the Aussie had received an incorrect cash-back transaction which was followed up the next day with a £4.90 cash advance surcharge. He also revealed that he later discovered a £50 credit which he guessed was a"thank you" from the party who initially made the transfer. The man took to){kind=link}
A MAN was left stunned when he woke up and found a mystery deposit of £51,000 in his bank account – but he was rewarded for doing the right thing.
The HSBC customer from Sydney, Australia, made the shocking discovery while randomly checking his banking app last week.
He reported the jaw-dropping transaction to the bank through their online chat app after fighting the urge to hold onto the “life-changing” amount.
“It was pretty tempting to do something dodgy, I’m not going to lie. But a quick Google search saying it’s a crime was enough for me,” he told Yahoo News Australia.
“[I] brought myself back to reality that this is too good to be true and I won’t be keeping that money.”