After seeing his account was empty, Saunders transferred cash from his Mastercard to his savings account. He said the screen then said “transaction cancelled,” but the machine still gave him the $200.

“Curiosity got the better of me and I walked past the ATM again and I was like: ‘I wonder if you can do that for another $200 or another $500 or $600′,” Saunders said. Despite multiple withdraws, the money never appeared on any of his statements…

Saunders said he managed to spend around $20,000 money in the first couple of weeks, before eventually going all out and buying more and more lavish purchases, including chartering a $90,000 private jet to take him and some friends to a remote Asian island for a weekend.

“It’s a pretty addictive thing to make money appear from nowhere and be able to spend it,” he said.