In the eyes of the central bank, any meddling with maturity or anything less than the receiptof full-payment at maturity would potentially constitute a credit event putting the nation at default.
People were duped into sending a partial or full payment to a third-party agent via a wire transfer payment service and to fax their paymentreceipt to the seller as proof ofpayment.
One piece of good news was the announcement of an additional 40 euros payment to households in receiptof the winter fuel allowance because of the recent harsh weather.
The condition was that this receipt be scribbled on a piece of paper and not a printed receipt from his meter, which would result in the payment being registered.