LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) — Julia Yonkowski went to her local Chase Bank in Florida over the weekend to withdraw some money, but she wanted to check her balance first.

According to the bank receipt she received in Largo on Saturday, Yonkowski had $999,985,855.94 in her account.

Saying she was shocked is an understatement.

“Oh my God, I was horrified. I know most people would think they won the lottery, but I was horrified,” she said.

She originally went to the ATM to grab $20.

“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,'” she said.



She hasn’t touched her account since Saturday night.

“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,” she said.

Yonkowski also said she worries that her own money could be compromised.

“It kind of scares me because you know with cyber threats. You know, I don’t know what to think,” she said.

Since becoming a temporary billionaire, she’s tried several times to reach out to Chase Bank.

“I just can’t get through. I get tied up with their automated system, and I can’t get a person,” she said.

WFLA also reached out to Chase Bank, but no one was available to speak on Sunday.

Yonkowski said she planned to go to the bank first thing Monday morning in hopes of clearing everything up.

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Since becoming a temporary billionaire

Well, not technically.

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Yonkowski had $999,985,855.94 in her account

Years ago I had a Checking account with Bank Of America. Early 1970s.

One day I found a deposit for $100.00 that I didn't make. Talked to the employees there several times, told them it wasn't mine but they insisted I was mistaken and that it was my money.

So after a year or so, I closed the account and took the money to another bank.

One of the reasons I no longer do business with Bank Of America.

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Yonkowski said she planned to go to the bank first thing Monday morning in hopes of clearing everything up.

Chase won't return the call for an account holder with almost a billion dollars on deposit?

If it takes them a week or so to fix this, does she get to keep the interest? That'd still be nothing to sneeze at.

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Originally posted by a1abdj:

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Yonkowski said she planned to go to the bank first thing Monday morning in hopes of clearing everything up.

Chase won't return the call for an account holder with almost a billion dollars on deposit?

Nah, they only pick up the phone on the weekend for billionaire. Almost? You just have to wait in line like everyone else.

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Originally posted by Rick Lee:
If it takes them a week or so to fix this, does she get to keep the interest? That'd still be nothing to sneeze at.

Based on her trying to withdraw $20 from the ATM and getting an overdraft warning, it's almost certainly a checking (debit) account. Nearly all checking accounts don't generate interest for the account holder.

She should use the money and buy Chase Bank.

As CEO, she could keep it, right?

I'd withdraw that money, buy as much lumber as I could with it to flip and then pay them their $999,985,855.94 back after making some money on plywood and 2x4s...

The world has gone mad.

Overnight Trillionaire. I saw this on Fox’s Varney show this morning. The above is a short article about this “financial windfall”.

Wow! That Nigerian Prince really did come through. Who knew?

Adios,

Pizza Bob

Does Chase Bank even have that much money?

flashguy

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:


Based on her trying to withdraw $20 from the ATM and getting an overdraft warning, it's almost certainly a checking (debit) account. Nearly all checking accounts don't generate interest for the account holder.

It depends. I have two checking accounts with Chase Neither of which is special in any way. They generate interest. The one with $550 seems to generate 3 or less cents every other month. and the one with $5000 gets about 3 cents a month.

How many people would be tempted to wait and see if they catch the error?

Just let the account sit dormant forever basically and see what happens…

I am betting that she will see the Branch Manager and as a token of Chase's appreciation he will give her a Chase piggy bank.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:


Based on her trying to withdraw $20 from the ATM and getting an overdraft warning, it's almost certainly a checking (debit) account. Nearly all checking accounts don't generate interest for the account holder.

It depends. I have two checking accounts with Chase Neither of which is special in any way. They generate interest. The one with $550 seems to generate 3 or less cents every other month. and the one with $5000 gets about 3 cents a month.

If your $.03 per $5000 is more or less correct, she's looking at 6000 a month(ish) for her almost billion.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

I am betting that she will see the Branch Manager and as a token of Chase's appreciation he will give her a Chase piggy bank.

I would hold out for a toaster oven.

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Originally posted by Pizza Bob:
Wow! That Nigerian Prince really did come through. Who knew?

Adios,

Pizza Bob

I know right, I am looking for my email from the prince in the trash.

I’m not advocating for anything dishonest here, but do any folks know what would happen if she wired it to, say, Switzerland or Nevis (or both in sequence) and she then left the country for somewhere exotic and not very cooperative?

I’m not well educated on these things but I bet it would be harder to get the money back than one would think. She’d definitely get a money judgment entered against her in the US but if she’s somewhere that doesn’t recognize it she’d be free and clear - as long as she never set foot on American soil again.

Would that fall under “Ill gotten gains”? There is no way she gets to keep that money.