Which one of you was it? - trillion pound cheques

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GigiBronz replied

14 February 2022, 21:26
Originally posted by vetran View Post

you aren't mr only?

Sadly more like mr lonely. No prize for that.
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vetran replied

14 February 2022, 21:21
Originally posted by GigiBronz View Post

it that was me it would have had my freeking name on it

you aren't mr only?
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GigiBronz replied

14 February 2022, 18:44
it that was me it would have had my freeking name on it
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GJABS replied

14 February 2022, 18:32
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

I'd definitely have tried it just for the fun..

The paying-in machines nowadays scan the cheque to read the amount - wonder whether it would work.
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d000hg replied

14 February 2022, 11:50
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

I wonder if anyone tried banking their cheques to see if it would be accepted? Sadly, it just seemed to have done the rounds on Twitter instead.

At what level of 'mistake' would you chance cashing that payment to see if you could get away with it?

I'd definitely have tried it just for the fun. It's round my area a lot of the worst affected people from the storms live, might have to see if anyone in the village got one.
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AtW replied

13 February 2022, 23:23
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

At what level of 'mistake' would you chance cashing that payment to see if you could get away with it?

Well, when you steal £600, you can just disappear. When you steal a trillion, they will find you, unless they think you're already dead.

HTH

Hans G.
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ladymuck replied

13 February 2022, 22:41
I wonder if anyone tried banking their cheques to see if it would be accepted? Sadly, it just seemed to have done the rounds on Twitter instead.

At what level of 'mistake' would you chance cashing that payment to see if you could get away with it?
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GJABS started a topic Which one of you was it? - trillion pound cheques

13 February 2022, 19:54
Which one of you was it? - trillion pound cheques

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-60369098

The amount was 2324252080110
which is around 10% greater than 2^41 (2199023255552).

a lot smaller than the max bigint value of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
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