Counterfeit $20 bill

[TreasureCatto]

My old man gave this to me after the convenience store clerk said ”I can’t take this” v

Lines in the paper, no watermark or security thread and weak serial # print

 

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[TreasureCatto]

Shared the find to some of my fathers clients and they said they manage a hotel in town. Recently while depositing their payroll they were given back a counterfeit $20. Someone’s rolling out fake money

 

[chub]

Its a real problem in Argentina...

Chub

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Counterfeit is worth 13 years in Fed per count...

Secret Service comes to visit you.

 

[Toecutter]

Ya you might want to turn that in or burn it...

 

[Toecutter]

If it was photo copied there will be tiny yellow dots that are the serial number to the printer that printed it, you need a loop to see them, I worked for Xerox for 7 years repairing commercial printers...

 

[TreasureCatto]

Counterfeit is worth 13 years in Fed per count...

Secret Service comes to visit you.

It was given by an earlier client who recently visited las Vegas, she didn’t know

If it was photo copied there will be tiny yellow dots that are the serial number to the printer that printed it...

I checked and it looked pretty HQ to look counterfeit, I didn’t see any yellow dots for what printer it was from

 

[baddbluff]

Here’s a counterfeit $100 I got working at CVS about 10 yrs ago. Guy tried to buy a pack of gum with it in the pharmacy (to get the $99 in real money back). I thought it looked a little light on the ink. I told him it was fake & he left it and ran.
It’s made from a real $5 bill that was bleached out and printed over. Notice the “FIVE” sexy strip and profile of Lincoln in the light. It has the colored threads woven in the paper & everything- like I said, made from a real bill. A pretty dang good fake.
I wrote “counterfeit” on it with a Sharpie so I would never accidentally spend it.

 

[TreasureCatto]

Here’s a counterfeit $100 I got working at CVS about 10 yrs ago. Guy tried to buy a pack of gum with it in the pharmacy (to get the $99 in real money back). I thought it looked a little light on the ink. I told him it was fake & he left it and ran.
It’s made from a real $5 bill that was bleached out and printed over. Notice the “FIVE” sexy strip and profile of Lincoln in the light. It has the colored threads woven in the paper & everything- like I said, made from a real bill. A pretty dang good fake.
I wrote “counterfeit” on it with a Sharpie so I would never accidentally spend it.
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Wow what a catch! That thief wasn’t so lucky . Is counterfeit money a big problem in Vegas?

 

[baddbluff]

Ya I think counterfeiting is a pretty big deal here.

 

[BC1969]

I was in a 7-11 a month back or so.
Some guy tried buying beer with a 100$ bill. The safe rejected it and the clerk said that it must be fake and they can't accept it.
Guy got pissed, threw it down on the floor and left.
I looked at the clerk and then picked up the bill.
1993 series.
Took it to the local bank.
Real as real can be.
I feel bad for the guy because he was told it was fake..at the same time, do your homework.
Never trust what someone else tells you about your anything.

 

[jeff of pa]

I was in a 7-11 a month back or so.
Some guy tried buying beer with a 100$ bill. The safe rejected it and the clerk said that it must be fake and they can't accept it.
Guy got pissed, threw it down on the floor and left.
I looked at the clerk and then picked up the bill.
1993 series.
Took it to the local bank.
Real as real can be.
I feel bad for the guy because he was told it was fake..at the same time, do your homework.
Never trust what someone else tells you about your anything.

Absolutely ! I thought when a Place determines you handed them a Counterfeit they get to Keep it.
I Figure if that ever happens to me, I'd insist on it Back or a Receipt.
Along with a Promise of a visit from Secret Service Confirming in Person, I was not just Ripped off by an uneducated or Crooked Clerk.
Even if just a Dollar Bill

 

[jeff of pa]

I've read several Stories in the Past of Clerks Reporting people
for Trying to use $2.00 Bills

 

[BC1969]

I remember when that was on the news.
I can't believe he was arrested. Hopefully he lawyered up!

 

[A2coins]

They take that very serious of you have one they came to my work a few years ago on a fake 20. I mean all over it

 

[DeepseekerADS]

They come in teams of two, one the good guy and the other the bad guy.

And they talk to you for hours.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

It was 1973, I'd just received my unemployment check and had basically "cashed it" - bought some stuff from the local store (beer & munchies) at the time. I spent that cash as I awaited my next check, then a couple weeks later had a delightful sit down with two agents. They were actually pretty nice, but playing a strategy as they interrogated me. I had zero idea counterfeits were going around. Next time I saw the local store owner, I was banned from his store. He's received the same kind of visit. I know the guy who played the bad guy always had his hand near his weapon. Very, VERY serious time. I pleaded ignorance as I was ignorant. I was getting along fine on unemployment, and found a job almost immediately thereafter. I guess "check your change always" applies here.

That was quite a very serious time in my lifeline! Just kept waiting for them to come back and get me. Me paranoid?

Your entire world could end, and you never have any part in it except experiencing the consequences.

 

[FormerTeller]

Absolutely ! I thought when a Place determines you handed them a Counterfeit they get to Keep it.
I Figure if that ever happens to me, I'd insist on it Back or a Receipt.
Along with a Promise of a visit from Secret Service Confirming in Person, I was not just Ripped off by an uneducated or Crooked Clerk.
Even if just a Dollar Bill

If a bank detects you using a counterfeit bill, they will indeed cconfiscate it and they will also write you a receipt. The same does not necessarily apply to stores or store clerks.

 

[ckrakowski]

Here’s a counterfeit $100 I got working at CVS about 10 yrs ago. Guy tried to buy a pack of gum with it in the pharmacy (to get the $99 in real money back). I thought it looked a little light on the ink. I told him it was fake & he left it and ran.
It’s made from a real $5 bill that was bleached out and printed over. Notice the “FIVE” sexy strip and profile of Lincoln in the light. It has the colored threads woven in the paper & everything- like I said, made from a real bill. A pretty dang good fake.
I wrote “counterfeit” on it with a Sharpie so I would never accidentally spend it.
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Technically it is not a counterfeit since it is/was a real us currency.