"Bank Error: You Get $5 million," It sounds like a Chance card from the game Monopoly , but it's not. It is what happened to 48-year-old salesman Ben Lovell. Mr. Lovell was assured by the Commerce bank that the money was his despite Mr. Lovell's attempt to inform the bank that he did not have near that much money. It turned out that Benjamin Lovell did have $5 million in the bank, just not Benjamin Lovell the salesman. Benjamin Lovell the real estate mogul happened to also have an account in the same bank. This is very similar to an episode of Family Guy in which Peter mistakenly gets a really large check from the social security department. Interesting enough, Peter's dog,Brian, in the cartoon episode told Peter that he needed to return the money because it did not belong to him. Had Benjamin Lovell, the salseman, paid attention to that episode of Family Guy, he may have avoided the ugly legal mess that has ensued. My younger brother, Chris Wynn, had a problem a little bit like Ben Lovell. Chris was in a car accident when he was younger and there were two other guys in the car. One of the other guys was also named Chris Wynn and the other guy had the exact same birthday as my brother. You might imagine that after the police played a question and answer game somewhat like the old Abbott and Costello routine "Who's On First," that everyone in the car was given a sobriety test. I don't think either my brother or the other Chris Wynn have $5million in the bank, so both are probably safe from repeating the Lovell mistake. It turns out that Ben Lovell, the salesman ended up giving away or sinking most of the money into bad investments. These sort of bank errors do not seem to be as lucrative in real life as the are in board games like Monopoly. Hopefully Ben Lovell, the salesman, is on a role and will manage to find a "get out of jail free" card next. In the Family Guy episode, Peter ends up in jail. This story is certainly odd enough for an Odd News Award and best of luck to both Ben Lovells.
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