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April Fools Sees Fake Extra Millions For Users of Brokerage Site

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. marketing by Lord+Ender · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm guessing some coke-head in marketing/sales dreamed this one up to get free press about the site. Nobody in IT or Finance would conceive of a "joke" so stupid.

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  2. Re:Joke's on them by Phroggy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "How much for the little girl? How much for the women?

    Your women. I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children."

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