Google mistakenly charged random users between $10,000 and $1,000 for employees. In this respect knowledgeable magazine Inc. or as a reference forum reddit.
“Originally, these payments were to be received by Google employees as test fees of the money transfer system – they were usually accrued under the Google Pay rewards program, through which the refund was sent. However, due to an error, the money was transferred to other users,” the article continues.
According to Inc., developer Mishaal Rahman tweeted a screenshot of a message from the company. If Google finds a way to return the money, they will take it back. If the company does not do this, it will remain in the user’s account.
With information Internet publications ArsTechnica, Google will not take money from users who are mistakenly transferred to them.
In September 2022, Goggle also made an erroneous money transfer – “white hacker” Sam Curry received about $250,000 from the company. Curry contacted the support team, but company representatives did not contact him for three weeks and did not try to refund the money.
As before reportedGoogle plans to add a speech-based artificial intelligence function to its search engine.