When police officers showed up at 11:30 PM local time to the Victor Hugo Street in Montpellier, they found a big line of people waiting to use a DAB Bank ATM which had been faulty for several hours, giving out €40 instead of €20 requested.
"A friend sent me an SMS in the evening, telling me that we won the jackpot in this ATM. I hoped on my scooter and went to the ATM myself. There was a long line, but it was worth the wait. I used it and got a lot of cash," a young resident of Montpellier said, as cited by Infos H24.
After people discovered the "magic" ATM, they started telling their friends who then showed up as well. Then someone called the police and a dispatch car was sent to take care of the situation.
The police then informed DAB Bank's head office. A bank representative said they're expecting that losses could be quite high, the source said.
Happy ATM users who managed to grab the easy money will be identified by their card numbers which the ATM recorded and there is a chance they would all have to return the cash. However, it remains to be seen what the bank will do.
This isn't the first time a DAB Bank ATM has malfunctioned. Last year, an ATM in the region of Charente malfunctioned and began giving out €20 bills instead of €10.
