PayPal Gives Man $92 Quadrillion, Promptly Takes It Back

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    For two mind-boggling minutes over the weekend, Chris Reynolds was a multi-quadrillionaire.

    Checking his PayPal statement via email Saturday, Reynolds, a public relations executive, was floored by the amount of money that had suddenly and inexplicably appeared in his account.

    He had been credited $92,233,720,368,547,800.

    The Pennsylvania man was -- by an astronomical margin -- the richest man in the world.

    "I was skeptical," the 56-year-old told the Los Angeles Times of his staggering windfall. "And my skepticism was validated within two minutes."

    When Reynolds logged into his PayPal account, his balance was back to where it was supposed to be: $0.

    Read more http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/17/paypal-quadrillion_n_3613160.html?utm_hp_ref=technology
     

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