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by XorNot 387 days ago
Also bank transactions are reversible.

e.g. you have not had a wonderful windfall of someone mistypes an account number and send you a $1 million. You are in fact obligated to report the issue and not simply go "great!" and start spending the money, tonthe point that you can be held legally liable.

It's not 100% but as people are fond of saying: we do live in a society, it's hardly onerous.