A Chennai cab driver, Rajkumar, was left bewildered when he received a message notifying him of a staggering Rs 9,000 crore deposit in his bank account. The shocking incident unfolded on September 9, and Rajkumar initially dismissed it as a potential scam, according to a report by India Today.
The message, purportedly from Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank, claimed the mammoth sum had been credited to Rajkumar's account. To validate the authenticity of this windfall, he decided to transfer a smaller sum of Rs 21,000 to a friend, which proved successful. It was only at this point that he realized the bank had indeed transferred the colossal amount to his account.
However, Rajkumar's momentary financial ecstasy was short-lived as the bank promptly debited the entire balance within a few minutes.
This bizarre incident bears a striking resemblance to a case from the previous year when HDFC Bank customers received misleading account balance notifications. Some accounts even displayed erroneous deposits exceeding a staggering Rs 13 crore.
The situation came to light when a concerned customer in Chennai contacted the police, fearing a potential hacking incident. Subsequently, the police reached out to branch officials, who clarified that the misleading messages had been dispatched due to an error during a software update, causing confusion between debit and credit transactions.