英國小鎮取款機取一送一 衆人爭相取錢大綱

POLICE were called to restore order after a bank ATM in eastern England started dispensing twice the money its customers were asking for.

The Lloyds TSB cash machine in the town of Ipswich began dispensing "free money" to customers on Wednesday after the bank branch had closed for the evening.

As word spread of the glitch, a crowd began to gather, prompting arguments among those trying to use the machine.

Police were called in to keep watch until the bank's staff could take it out of service.

A Lloyds spokesman said the machine had been "misdispensing" cash for only a short time.

"We apologise for any inconvenience caused," the spokesman added.

Some 30 people are thought to have benefited from the glitch. It is not clear how much money the bank lost, or if it will be able to recover the funds.

Emma Hutchinson, from Ipswich, told the Ipswich Star: "Word got around pretty quickly. My friend asked for 40 pounds and the machine gave out 80 pounds."

Lloyds Banking Group, which sought a massive bailout from the British government during the financial crisis, said that it had cut interim net losses to 676 million pounds ($1.02 billion) on the back of restructuring measures.

One Twitter user, @FizzySparkler, commented: "Nice to see one bank is giving back."英格蘭東部一家銀行的自動取款機給儲戶“送錢”，儲戶取多少錢，取款機就吐出雙倍的錢。故障發生後，警察被召來維持秩序。

這臺提款機屬於伊普斯威奇小鎮的勞埃德信託儲蓄銀行，該銀行支行週三晚關門後，提款機就開始向儲戶“送錢”。

故障的消息傳開後，越來越多的人蜂擁而至，試圖從提款機取錢的人還爲此發生了爭吵。

警察被召來維護現場秩序，直到銀行工作人員讓該提款機停止服務。

勞埃德銀行發言人稱該取款機“誤送”現鈔只持續了很短時間。

該發言人還說：“我們對此引起的任何不便表示抱歉。”

據認爲約有30人因自動取款機“取一送一”獲利。但銀行損失了多少錢，能回收多少目前尚不清楚。

伊普斯威奇鎮的艾瑪•哈欽森告訴《伊普斯威奇星報》說：“消息傳得很快。我朋友要取40鎊，取款機就給了80鎊。”

勞埃德銀行集團在金融危機期間曾向英國政府尋求鉅額財政援助，該集團稱其在實施重組措施後，已將中期淨虧損額減至6.76億英鎊（合10.2億美元）。

推特用戶@FizzySparkler評論道：“能看見一家銀行把錢吐回來真是件高興事兒。”