Patrick Combs	

Patrick (1)______________(open) his mailbox. More junk, he thought as he (2)______________(take) out the shiny envelope and (3)_________(tear) it open.  'Patrick Combs, you (4)__________________(win)  $95,093'. There was a cheque for the same amount. The cheque was very real looking but in the corner (5)____________________(write) 'non-negotiable for cash'. Patrick Combs (6)__________________(read) the rest of the advertisement. It (7)___________(tell)  him that he could be earning real cheques just like this if he did what they (8)________________(say) . He (9)_________________(look) at the cheque again and thought, 'This looks pretty real to me.'
Of course he (10)__________________(know) it was an advertisement but something in his head (11)____________(tell)  him to try it. He (12)______________(think) it would make a funny story to tell his friends. Imagine saying 'Guess what! I put one of those advertising cheques in my bank account and the stupid bank passed it.'
So on the Monday morning on the way to work, he (13)______________(pop) into his local bank and (14)______________(deposit) the cheque. The teller never asked anything. She simply (15)__________________(take)  the cheque, (16)_______________(stamp) it and (17)_______________(give) him a receipt for the money. He wasn't that surprised. He knew that this (18)_______________________(not / actually / mean) that he (19)__________________(credit) with the money. He (20)___________________(know) that within three days he would receive a letter from the bank saying the cheque was invalid and (21)____________________(not / clear).
Three days passed and no such letter arrived. A week later and still no letter. He (22)__________________(go) down to his nearest cash machine, popped in his card and (23)__________________(request)  his balance. The machine (24)_____________________(print) out on the screen: Your balance is $104,889. Thank you for banking with Interstate Bank.
He couldn't believe his eyes. It was a joke. He (25)__________________(never / expect) them to accept the cheque, but even more he (26)________________(never/ expect) the cheque to come from a real account with real money in it. The cheque was an advertisement: how could they be so stupid to print a cheque that had a real bank account number on it?
The bank (27)_______________________(eventually / realize) their mistake but by then Patrick Combs (28)______________________(already / make) plans to protect his money. The story went to national television, the Wall Street Journal and there began an amazingly complex legal battle with the bank in question.

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Patrick opened his mailbox. More junk, he thought as he took out the shiny envelope and tore it open.  'Patrick Combs, you have won  $95,093'. There was a cheque for the same amount. The cheque was very real looking but in the corner was written 'non-negotiable for cash'. Patrick Combs read the rest of the advertisement. It told  him that he could be earning real cheques just like this if he did what they said. He looked at the cheque again and thought, 'This looks pretty real to me.'
Of course he knew it was an advertisement but something in his head told him to try it. He thought it would make a funny story to tell his friends. Imagine saying 'Guess what! I put one of those advertising cheques in my bank account and the stupid bank passed it.'
So on the Monday morning on the way to work, he popped into his local bank and deposited the cheque. The teller never asked anything. She simply took the cheque, stamped it and gave him a receipt for the money. He wasn't that surprised. He knew that this didn't actually that he would be credited / had been credited with the money. He knew that within three days he would receive a letter from the bank saying the cheque was invalid and had not cleared / hadn't been cleared
Three days passed and no such letter arrived. A week later and still no letter. He went down to his nearest cash machine, popped in his card and requested  his balance. The machine printed out on the screen: Your balance is $104,889. Thank you for banking with Interstate Bank.
He couldn't believe his eyes. It was a joke. He had never expected them to accept the cheque, but even more he had  never expected the cheque to come from a real account with real money in it. The cheque was an advertisement: how could they be so stupid to print a cheque that had a real bank account number on it?
The bank eventually realized their mistake but by then Patrick Combs had already made plans to protect his money. The story went to national television, the Wall Street Journal and there began an amazingly complex legal battle with the bank in question.