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“My friend got R265 million accidentally paid into his account…”

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You may remember the story of student Sibongile Mani, who was convicted for theft and sentencing after spending more than R800 000 of the R14 million that was erroneously sent to her by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme.

 

 

Does the thought excite you about a nice some of money you were’n expecting or does the idea of holding onto someone else’s potential cash scare you? As it turns out, quite a few of our listeners have dealt with this before.

A mistake worth MILLIONS

While all the erroneous deposits we heard so far are massive mistakes, they’re nothing compared to R265 million rand:

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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