A Nigerian lady, Helen Amah, took to social media to recount how she returned money mistakenly paid to her at the bank.
According to Helen, on April 9, 2019, she had gone to the bank to withdraw N250,000. However she got the shock of her life when she got home to count the money and discovered it to be N500,000.
She wrote:
“I went to the bank to make a withdrawal of 250 thousand naira. Someone told me to help her with my bank account to enable her receive the money she was expecting. So I gave her my details and the money came in. I went to the bank to help her withdraw 250 thousands naira out of the 350k that was sent.
I filled the cash withdrawal slip. And instantly I got a debit alert of 250k., the money was given to me. I went home and counted the money. Lo and behold it was 500 thousand naira. Yes! 500 thousand naira. I thought I was dreaming or probably making a mistake.”
Thinking she had made a mistake, Helen called her parents to count the money so as to confirm the amount. After the amount was confirmed, Helen immediately decided to return it and her parents agreed.
“Immediately I told my parent I need to return it back to the bank because it does not belong to me. My parents agreed that I should send it back immediately.”
The workers at the bank were very impressed by Helen’s honesty and collected the excess money.
However, her friends at home were not too pleased at her move. They reportedly called her senseless for returning God’s blessings because according to them, she did not steal it.
Helen further revealed that she was so happy to have returned the money and that the kind words from the workers at the bank meant a lot to her.
