In A Shocking Incident, Woman Finds $1 Billion In Her Bank Account

I’m not a fan of surprises. I am so bad at handling it, that if you’re planning a surprise birthday party for me, then I would want to know about it. It’s not just that I believe you won’t do a good job with it, but rather the fact that I like knowing things and controlling the way things are as much as possible. Having said that, if someone would credit $1 billion dollars in my account, it is definitely a surprise I wouldn’t mind. But a billion dollars showing up in your account is not always a good sign. For this woman from Florida, it definitely wasn’t.

Recently, Julia Yonkowski, a woman in Largo, Florida, went to withdraw $20 and the machine showed her that the withdrawal could cause an overdraft. Ms. Yonkowski’s reaction to that was, “When I put in for the $20, the machine came back and said we’ll give you the $20 but that’ll cause an overdraft and you will be charged and I said, ‘Oh just forget it.”

After which she decided to check her  balance, it is then that her bank receipt showed that she had $999,985,855.94 dollars in her account. Her reaction to that was unlike most. Where others would have been happy knowing that, she was horrified. Her reaction was, “Oh my God, I was horrified. I know most people would think they won the lottery but I was horrified,” she said. “I know I’ve read stories about people that took the money or took out money, and then they had to repay it and I wouldn’t do that anyway because it’s not my money.”

It was only on Tuesday that the suspense behind the 1 billion dollars was revealed when a member of the Chase bank explained to WFLA that Ms. Julia’s account was actually negative. According to the Chase bank representative, her account was negative of a billion dollars and the number that was shown in the receipt is an indication of a fraud prevention method that appears when an account has been locked up due to suspicious activity. And this is the reason why she wasn’t able to remove $20, even though her account showed a billion dollars.

What flagged her account to be suspicious is when she tried to use the joint account that was owned by her late husband. She wants her incident to be an educational lesson for all those who might be facing or going through similar situations.

Having a billion dollars is all fun and games, but only when it is your own. 

First Published: June 23, 2021 10:01 PM