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<\/p>\nA teenager was left stunned when he checked his bank balance to find out that he\u2019d become a multi-millionaire.<\/p>\n
Dane Gillespie, 18, was left baffled as he had not won the lottery but simply paid an \u00a38,900 cheque from his gran into his account.<\/p>\n
But the system at Nationwide Building Society misread the details and credited his account with a whopping \u00a38.9million \u2013 1,000 times more money than it should have done.<\/p>\n
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His mum Caroline, from Belfast, was as shocked as she was pinged a screenshot of his \u201cbalance\u201d, reports the Mirror.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe couldn\u2019t believe it. My son thought he was a millionaire for a few hours,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere was \u00a38.9million in his account on Wednesday morning. It\u2019s as well he told us and didn\u2019t go and blow it all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caroline added: \u201cI said to him, \u2018That cheque should be cleared in your savings\u2019, and he went, \u2018Right\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next minute my husband messaged me with the photograph of his bank account details.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s going to me, \u2018I\u2019m gonna order a Porsche\u2019, and I said, \u2018Don\u2019t be daft, that\u2019s not our money, we need to get this sorted\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s a good job Dane heeded his mum\u2019s advice, because it wasn\u2019t long before Nationwide spotted the error, and his account was adjusted.<\/p>\n
But the Belfast Met student can always say he was once a multi-millionaire.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was like that for a good few hours,\u201d said Caroline.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor an 18-year-old being a millionaire for the day, he just can\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe just wanted to go out and spend, but if you do then you have to pay it back.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe thought all his birthdays came at once this morning. It\u2019s mad.\u201d<\/p>\n
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