DALLAS (KTVT/CNN) – Imagine you go to check your bank account and you see an unexpected deposit for $37 million.
A couple of days ago, Ruth Balloon was finishing up her shift at Roma Boots in Dallas where she works.
She said she was having a good day then things got a little better when she decided to look at her bank account.
“I was like wow, we have a lot of money!” she said.
Her account somehow had an extra $37 million in it. She said her first thought was to take a breath and tell her husband about it.
He then called their bank, Legacy Texas, to ask about the deposit that seemed too good to be true.
Balloon said they were advised it was a clerical error. The bank apologized and took back the money.
"I was a millionaire. I have a screenshot of it so I can say that now. It's quite a story,” she said.
She said there was no way she was going to keep the money knowing it wasn’t hers, but now she’s hoping maybe the bank will gift her some kind of finders fee.
"A thank you reward would be a little bit good. You know? Just for being a good customer and notifying them as soon as possible,” she said.
While the millions may have only been around for a day and a half, it was certainly enough time for her to think about what to do with so much money.
"So first I was going to do 10 percent tithing. Then I was going to donate some money and then I would have probably invested it in real estate,” she said.
The bank explained the error happened during a manual input of foreign currency. Apparently, the exchange rate caused the mixed up.
