A British teenager got more than he expected when he bought a PlayStation game console on the Internet auction website eBay. He found about 65,400 euros (NT$3 million) in cash in his delivery.
Police are trying to find the person who sent the cash, which arrived in the box containing the game console.
The parents of the boy, who has not been named, alerted detectives, who collected the money. A police spokesman said that the cash would be returned to its owner unless the owner had got it illegally.
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"There's obviously a concern about where the money came from," he said.
"[We are] trying to find out who sent it."
If the owner of the cash is not found, a court hearing could be called to decide what to do with it.
"We know eBay is a great place to pick up a bargain although, in this case, we agree that the contents of the parcel were ... unusual and we will [help] with any inquiries police may wish to make," an eBay spokesman said.
一名英國少年在eBay拍賣網站上購買PlayStation遊戲機時,有了意外的收穫,他在包裹內發現了六萬五千四百歐元的現金(新台幣三百萬元)。
警方正在調查主機盒裡的錢是誰寄來的。
少年未具名的父母通知警方前來拿錢。警局一名發言人說,除非這筆錢是非法的,不然將物歸原主。
他說:「我們當然很關心錢從哪裡來。」
「我們正試著找出是誰寄來的。」
如果找不到主人,法院可能會舉辦聽證會,決定如何處理這筆錢。
eBay一名發言人說︰「我們知道在eBay可以買到划算的物品。但在這個案例中大家都認為,包裹裡的東西‥‥‥很不尋常。我們將配合警方的偵訊。」
(翻譯:張愛弟)
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