M’sian woman discovers over RM400mil mistakenly deposited in her bank account

Pedestrians outside a Maybank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct 19, 2023. Maybank representatives on Dec 1 said in a text message that the matter, which was first reported by Singapore’s The Straits Times, had been resolved. — Bloomberg

A client of Malaysia’s biggest bank recently discovered that her bank balance had mysteriously increased to more than RM400mil.

When Hafidzah Abdullah checked her account late last month it showed she was over RM404mil in credit. It would have been a huge windfall, especially in a country where the average household takes home around US$22,000 (RM102,993) per year, but there was a catch: She couldn’t access the money.