<p>Any time double money! An ATM here started paying twice the amount asked for, due to a human error, and hordes of people benefited from the unexpected windfall till it lasted.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There was a run on a cash machine in central London when it started paying out double money after an employee accidentally loaded the 10 pound tray with 20 pound notes.<br />Long queues formed outside the Sainsbury's ATM in Tottenham Court Road as word of the unexpected windfall spread like wildfire.<br /><br />Some customers walked away hundreds of pounds better off after withdrawing the maximum of 300 pounds on multiple cards and getting the same amount again each time for free.<br /><br />It's not the first time a "double-your-money" error has occurred at cash machines and on previous occasions some banks have chosen to write off the losses rather than pursue a large number of claims.<br /><br />One office worker, who did not wish to be named, said he became aware of the blunder when he went to get cash out at lunchtime yesterday.<br /><br />"I realised the machine was paying double, so I queued up again and withdrew even more," he was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying, after benefiting 200 pounds of free cash from the mistake.<br /><br />"I checked my statement online and it was only showing the amount we had asked for, not what was paid out. It was the best thing in the world," he added.<br /><br />The error occurred when an employee loaded the 10 pounds tray with 20 pounds notes by mistake.<br /><br />The cash machine was finally closed down when a customer reported the problem to the supermarket.<br /><br />"We're only human, so on very rare occasions ATMs can be loaded with the incorrect cash which means a few lucky customers get more than they bargained for," a spokeswoman for Sainsbury's said.<br /><br />"We'd like to thank our customers for letting the store know and we have turned the machine off while we investigate the matter," she added<br /><br />It was not revealed how much money had been lost or how many people had taken out cash.<br /><br />She also could not confirm whether customers would be pursued for the money, but on previous occasions banks have said customers are not liable when errors of this nature occurred.<br /><br />Last month, hundreds of villagers in Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire enjoyed the same unexpected windfall after an HSBC cash machine experienced a similar glitch.</p>
<p>Any time double money! An ATM here started paying twice the amount asked for, due to a human error, and hordes of people benefited from the unexpected windfall till it lasted.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There was a run on a cash machine in central London when it started paying out double money after an employee accidentally loaded the 10 pound tray with 20 pound notes.<br />Long queues formed outside the Sainsbury's ATM in Tottenham Court Road as word of the unexpected windfall spread like wildfire.<br /><br />Some customers walked away hundreds of pounds better off after withdrawing the maximum of 300 pounds on multiple cards and getting the same amount again each time for free.<br /><br />It's not the first time a "double-your-money" error has occurred at cash machines and on previous occasions some banks have chosen to write off the losses rather than pursue a large number of claims.<br /><br />One office worker, who did not wish to be named, said he became aware of the blunder when he went to get cash out at lunchtime yesterday.<br /><br />"I realised the machine was paying double, so I queued up again and withdrew even more," he was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying, after benefiting 200 pounds of free cash from the mistake.<br /><br />"I checked my statement online and it was only showing the amount we had asked for, not what was paid out. It was the best thing in the world," he added.<br /><br />The error occurred when an employee loaded the 10 pounds tray with 20 pounds notes by mistake.<br /><br />The cash machine was finally closed down when a customer reported the problem to the supermarket.<br /><br />"We're only human, so on very rare occasions ATMs can be loaded with the incorrect cash which means a few lucky customers get more than they bargained for," a spokeswoman for Sainsbury's said.<br /><br />"We'd like to thank our customers for letting the store know and we have turned the machine off while we investigate the matter," she added<br /><br />It was not revealed how much money had been lost or how many people had taken out cash.<br /><br />She also could not confirm whether customers would be pursued for the money, but on previous occasions banks have said customers are not liable when errors of this nature occurred.<br /><br />Last month, hundreds of villagers in Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire enjoyed the same unexpected windfall after an HSBC cash machine experienced a similar glitch.</p>