The Chase Bank “Money Glitch” Exposed Low Critical Thinking

TikTok has become a Petri dish for breeding bad decisions

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Social media has provoked many stupid actions since gaining popularity, but few events have exposed a lack of critical thinking in adults like the Chase Bank “infinite money glitch”.

In case you’re not aware of this misled movement, I’ll summarize: Over the past weekend, several TikTok videos went viral for promoting a “glitch” that allowed Chase Bank customers to extract “free money” from ATMs.

Of course, there’s no such thing as “free money”, and the “glitch” may have just been a feature of the bank’s systems which was previously not exploited. Regardless, the people doing this allegedly committed check fraud, which is a serious financial crime.

The TikTok videos told viewers that they could get “free money” by depositing fake checks via ATMs and then immediately withdrawing the funds as cash. Some videos showed TikTok creators doing this and/or celebrating with stacks of money.

Was this a glitch or a feature?

Many social media users have pointed out that most banks will put a hold on funds deposited via check to prevent fraud. This seems to indicate that this may have in fact been a glitch, error…