Customers line up; fight after malfunctioning Texas ATM machine mistakenly gives $100 bills
Customers visiting a Bank of America ATM in Harris County were in for a surprise Monday morning, as the machine began dispensing $100 Dollar bills.
ABC News reports when costumers went to withdraw $10 dollar bills, the malfunctioning ATM machine instead dispensed $100.
According to Bank of America, the incident took place because a vendor allegedly failed to load the bills correctly into the ATM.
After word got out of the malfunction, ABC affiliate KTRK reported long lines and a few fights broke out between customers that swarmed the ATM in hopes of being dispensed free money.
This reportedly took place over a two hour period before the machine was temporarily shut down and officials arrived at the scene.
“We have resolved the matter,” Bank of America told ABC News. “customers will be able to keep the additional money additional money dispensed.”
Officials with Bank of America did not disclose how much money was wrongly dispensed.