conterfeit money: use it or lose it?

[yoko*]

Do any of you take time to thoroughly INSPECT your change before you accept it? I never did, but now I now I'm definately going to be more careful.

A while ago, when I was looking at my 20$ bill, I noticed that the green ink looked slightly TOO green, and the paper felt "different" from other bills. When I looked at it carefully I noticed that there were miniscule smudge marks in the ink. I tried rubbing at the bill, and the ink SMUDGED. Knowing that if I were to report it to the bank, they would only confiscate it and I would have LOST money, I just crossed my fingers and managed to get rid of it at some other store.

Just yesterday I was about to buy food at SHELL stn, and the guy at the counter was JUST refusing a 10$ bill from these teenage girls, saying that it was counterfeit. It's my turn in line and I put down my 10$ and he's like "Your bill is even worse than THEIRS". I thought he was just being smarty-pants so I ignored it and put down change instead. Later on, i go inspect my bill and I notice WATER BLOTCHES on my 10$ bill. The ink was faded and blurry, and the paper felt close to real paper, but not.

Was pretty pisssed off, but somehow managed to get rid of it today. (i'm surpsied that I did) If you were to get a counterfeit bill, would you go the honest way, or would you chance it and use it?

Also, does any one know what the "penalties" are (if there are any) for using a counterfeit bill whether or not you knew that it was?

[KStar]

i would totally use it.. i didnt make it and its not my fault.. there is no reason why i or anyone else should lose money for no reason..

[Moon]

i once got a fuckin couterfeit 20 bill FROM THE BANK MACHINE

i mean seriously what the hell is that


hhahaha but whatever i spent it anyways so i got no more complaints =p

[MC Hammered]

If you know it is counterfeit currency and you decide to use it then it is a criminal offence.

If you did not know it was counterfeit then they let you off.

I do not know if you get reimbursed or not for turning the counterfeit money, I suspect not, but that is what you are supposed to do.

[yoko*]

Why *OFCOURSE* " I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS COUNTERFEIT! "

[Moon]

i have committed a criminal offense!!

:060:

[Goat]

lesson learned: ignorance is bliss

[Tux]

i had a friend who got $2000 in counterfeit $$ for like $100 or sumthing.. he only used it to buy pot tho.

[diva]

That's a really tough question... Even if I wanted to, I honestly don't think i'd have the guts to try and use it. I'm a real pussy when it comes to shit like that.

[junglequeen]

id try to pass it on fast - its not fair to just lose money - i didnt make it, i dont know who did therefor not a crime
^^^ i just watched your signature for so long - hilarious!!!

[AGROculture]

Go to the bank and tell them exactly where you recieved it
fill out some forms and papers and you get your real money back

thats what I heard

not sure if its true though

AGROout

[Erica]

Well, seeing that I don't usually inspect my bills unless they are big ones ($50 and $100), I would probably use it unknowingly. But if by chance I did notice it, I would still use it. I don't think it's fair to receive counterfeit money from a store (and especially from a bank machine!!) and then have it confiscated and lose the money.

[slug]

if u bought pot around here with countys u'd be murdered :( buddy uses a black light to inspect his shit haha

[stringbeans]

use it at a rave.. its dark and no ones going to take the time to check

[slug]

lol using it at a rave would be suicide. the lights dude

[SEAN!]

damn yoko..you such a gangster passing off fake bills....


heh, i passed off fake bills knowingly before..im criminal trash.

[AWOL]

Originally posted by stringbeans
use it at a rave.. its dark and no ones going to take the time to check

no shit. haha

[e_BoY]

i love conterfeit money. enough said

[narc]

caught a couple kids at kinkos one night 3 weeks ago, in the end when they were done they left the kinkos in handcuffs

[stringbeans]

^^ couldnt they think of better things to use it on than computer print outs or photocopies?

[*Geminiz*]

I got a fake $10 bill once - tried to use it at Rogers and they took it from me and wouldn't give it back!! They said it was against the law to give it back knowing it was a fake. The person who gave it to me gave me the money back though - which was super of them!! :)

[MC Hammered]

WOOT! WOOT!

Time to go launder money at Rogers!

[Anjew]

damn.... i'm gonna go inspect every bill of mine now lol....
interact is soooooo cool

[MissBehavior]

Last year when I was working at a cold beer and wine I caught a fake $100. It was nearly perfect, and the bartender at the pub not to mention the police officer were hella impressed that I caught it.

How did I figure it out if it was nearly perfect you ask? I have a strange habit of rubbing the large numbers on brand new crispy bills just because it feels cool. The ink on a real bill is raised and feels rough when you do that. The fake I caught was smooth.

The thing is, the usual way we checked big bills at the store was with a black light. The paper on this bill didn't glow, and the little green dots did. It had the hologram (upon closer inspection I noticed it was really grainy) which actually changed color.

I was very proud of myself, especially when the cop said it was one of the best fakes she had seen.

[e_BoY]

1 of my friends once made the old fake $20's you know the one without the hologram and he just printed it out on his printer with plain white paper and he scrunched it up making it all old but the funny thing was that it felt like an old $20 bill and it worked in change machines. sweetness