What would you do if you woke up one day and suddenly realized you were a millionaire? Imagining a life of luxury and carefree for most people is a dream, unfortunately it usually does not happen.
But can you imagine one day waking up, checking your account and seeing a significant amount of zeros? This happened to 26-year-old Ellen Fleming, and not in a dream, in real life.
According to The Boston Globe, the young woman received last Wednesday a call from a financial adviser fromTD Ameritrade, an entity of which she is a client, to confirm that 1.1 million dollars had been deposited into her account.
Thinking it was a joke, Fleming ignored the call, however, after a few minutes, curiosity won her over and she opened her bank’s mobile application only to realize that the financial advisor was not lying.
A bank account that I had $50 in had over $1 million dollars deposited into it. A banker made a HUGE mistake and confused me with another Ellen Fleming. I was rich for 10 mins & I can tell you, life was in fact better. I'm now humbled from loosing all my money. pic.twitter.com/skwlbUodTY
— Ellen Fleming (@EllenFlem) July 18, 2018
Where there used to be $50, there was now a huge amount of money that left her with her mouth open.
“I was thinking, ‘Oh, wow, how neat would this be? I could quit my job, do whatever I wanted to do, pay off my student loans,” she said.
Believe it or not, her conscience won the battle and decided to call the banking consultant to report the error in her account.
The consultant, on his part, then confirmed to the young woman that the money was destined for another woman, with the same name, who resided in Florida.
“Being a millionaire really was a dream come true for 10 minutes,” she said. “I am very humbled that I lost my money and my family stood by me.”,” she concluded.
