{"id":3533,"date":"2023-10-22T22:29:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2023-10-22T22:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:29:19","slug":"the-bank-deposited-a-billion-dollars-into-her-account-and-now-they-wont-take-it-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3533","title":{"rendered":"The Bank Deposited A Billion Dollars Into Her Account, And Now They Won\u2019t Take It Back."},"content":{"rendered":"

When Florida\u2019s Julia Yonkowski checked on her bank account, she expected to find about $20 left in it. However, her jaw hit the floor when she saw that Chase bank had deposited a staggering $999,985,855.94 \u2013 nearly one billion dollars \u2013 into her account by mistake. Although Julia could really use the money, she understands that it isn\u2019t really hers and has been trying to return it to its rightful owner \u2013 but there is a catch, no one at the bank is taking her calls.<\/p>\n

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Julia lives in Largo, Florida, which is located west of Tampa. She first noticed the massive deposit into her account on Saturday. The large influx of cash has suddenly made Julia the 615th richest person in the United States of America. However, Julia, who prides herself in being honest, wants nothing more than to return the money to its rightful owner, so she doesn\u2019t get in trouble for having it<\/p>\n

Julia reached out to Chase bank, but no one is taking her request seriously, and no one has returned her calls. She has placed several calls to see who needs to get involved to get the money back to the right people.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Oh my God, I was horrified. I know most people would think they won the lottery, but I was horrified,\u201d she told WFLA. \u201cWhen I put in for the $20, the machine came back and said we\u2019ll give you the $20, but that\u2019ll cause an overdraft and you will be charged, and I said, \u2018Oh, just forget it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Julia has been careful not to touch her bank account since she first noticed the mistake on Saturday. She doesn\u2019t want to do something wrong and bring a waterfall of negative consequences into her peaceful life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I\u2019ve read stories about people that took the money or took out money, and then they had to repay it, and I wouldn\u2019t do that anyway because it\u2019s not my money,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

However, Julia is very concerned that Chase bank has not been returning her calls. She fears that they\u2019re going to make another mistake and touch the money that is rightfully hers.<\/p>\n

Yonkowski also told 8 On Your Side\u2019s Olivia Steen that \u201cIt kind of scares me because you know with cyber threats. You know I don\u2019t know what to think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Julia might be a temporary billionaire, but she doesn\u2019t want anything to do with the money. She keeps calling the bank, but no one is taking her complaint seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Florida\u2019s Julia Yonkowski checked on her bank account, she expected to find about $20 left in it. However, her jaw hit the floor when she saw that Chase bank had deposited a staggering $999,985,855.94 \u2013 nearly one billion dollars \u2013 into her account by mistake. Although Julia could really use the money, she understands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3535,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions\/3535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}