Sunday, November 23, 2008

Fake Money Scam

While I was working on Friday night, we had fake $100 bills come through. It was amazing to me that the cashiers didn't catch how fake they felt. To their benefit, they did pass the marker test, but the actual "feel" of them was so thick and smooth. They even had the security line and watermark on them. Managment went through the videos and seemed slightly sure of who did it. Well the next day, a member of management seen these two guys come in wearing the EXACT same clothes! They strolled through the store with management discreetly on their tail and the cops waiting at the door. From what I heard, at one point they thought they were being followed and ditched their cart, but went to pay for just a few items. Just as soon as they paid, the cops pounced on them and handcuffed them. They were from Guatamala. How dumb can a person be to go back to the same store in the exact same clothes, one day later, and pay for merchandise with additional fake money!!

Now today, we found a fake $20 bill. This one is missing the watermark and the security strip and also has some cheap looking purple on the bill.

Tis the season......

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