Google sent a blogger and security engineer R4.4m by mistake!
What would you do if a large amount of money appeared in your account?
You won't find us making mistakes when it comes to money transfers. Although that is something that most people may say and believe true, but that's why they are called mistakes.
Because no one intends to make them. It just happens out of human error.
And if you can confidently say that you have not made a mistake, then you are either lying to yourself or living in an unrealistic reality.
However, we have to admit that making a mistake that is costly is far more bothering than one that isn't.
More than that, making a mistake and not knowing that you made it is by far much, much worse.
In this case it was big deal Google that was the one who made the mistake.
"Google accidentally sent a quarter of a million dollars to a blogger and security engineer, who says he waited almost a month to hear back from the company." (Business Insider)
That's one expensive accident...
A quarter of a million dollars is roughly R4.4-million. And as we mentioned, what's worse is that they were not aware of their mistake.
Not until the man who received the funds told them about it. "Sam Curry tweeted on Wednesday that the tech giant had "randomly" transferred him $249,999 alongside a screenshot." (Business Insider)
Curry is in fact a blogger and security engineer, and works with software companies trying to locate any bugs. Although he does work with organisations like Google, he did not have a connection with them directly and was confused about the transfer.
It's been a little over 3 weeks since Google randomly sent me $249,999 and I still haven't heard anything on the support ticket. Is there any way we could get in touch @Google?
— Sam Curry (@samwcyo) September 14, 2022
(it's OK if you don't want it back...) pic.twitter.com/t6f7v5erli
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He remained honest during the financial blunder and kept the money safe, saying that he knew that they would come back asking for the money eventually.
""Our team recently made a payment to the wrong party as the result of human error," a Google spokesperson told NPR in a statement. "We appreciate that it was quickly communicated to us by the impacted partner, and we are working to correct it." (Business Insider)
It really just goes to show that no matter how tech-savvy you are as a company or individual, human error still plays a role in your business.
In this case it was the perhaps the payroll department that needed a talking to...
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