April Fools Sees Fake Extra Millions For Users of Brokerage Site

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday April 6, 2009 @06:43AM from the where-not-to-do-business dept.

Upstart online brokerage site Zecco had an unfortunate April Fool's day snafu that they are claiming was an honest mistake. Users logged on to find larger balances than they should have, sometimes millions of dollars extra, and many of those users started trading with the nonexistent money. Happy April Fool's Day. "... when Zecco realized it, the company apparently started to force sell, even at a loss, charging the losses to the customers along with a '$19.99 broker-assisted trading fee.' Oops."

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Re:Free Ride! by WED+Fan · 2009-04-06 07:11 · Score: -1, Flamebait

For a second I thought you were quoting a scripture about Obama, teh Chosen One, Messiah, Holiness to His Name, leader of the Free World®, Defender of the Fa...etc, etc, etc.

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Re:What language should we use for our site? Perl by Zecco · 2009-04-06 12:29 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Thanks for adding this much needed clarification.