A PayPal account holder was shocked to open his latest statement and find some unexpected and extra funds — $92 quadrillion. And some change, CNN reported.
To be specific, he found $92,233,720,368,547,800 in his account.
Pennsylvania’s Chris Reynolds knew something was amiss. His job as a public relations executive didn’t pay near that amount — and neither did his part time auto-part sales gig on ebay.
“It’s a curious thing,” he said, CNN reported. “I don’t know. Maybe someone was having fun.”
He logged out and then back in, and his account balance was back to zero, where it belonged, CNN reported. PayPal admitted the mistake and offered by way of an apology to donate an unspecified amount of money to a charity of Mr. Reynolds’ choosing.
“This is obviously an error, and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case,” the company said in a statement.
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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