What do you mean it's not real??!!!

[JazzMama]

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What Do You Mean It's Not Real!?!

Ever play with Monopoly money when you were a kid? Maybe played "storeowner" or "banker" or perhaps "mafia don looking to loan out some money"?

(Maybe that was only in my neighborhood :-).)

Anyway, when someone --even your husband-- passes you a one million dollar bill, chances are it's a novelty item:

(From the Conyers & Convington, GA "Citizen Online", [Link])

Payoff From $1 million Bill Is Forgery Charge
By JOEY PETERS

"COVINGTON" — Here’s a quick tip: If you are going to try and pass off fake money, you might want to first think about using a denomination that is actually made by the U.S. Treasury Department.

Ranked by officers of the Covington Police Department (CPD) as of one of biggest “boneheaded” moves ever, a Porterdale woman allegedly tried to pay for more than $1,600 in merchandise at the Covington Wal-Mart Friday with a $1 million bill.

While using counterfeit money is a serious crime that carries stiff penalties, CPD officers interviewed couldn’t help but laugh and shake their heads in amazement.

According to an incident report filed Monday by Officer Allen Seebaran, 35-year-old Alice Regina Pike, 35 Hemlock St., was taken into custody on a charge of forgery after allegedly presenting the bill to a clerk at the store at 2:40 p.m.

Pike, who was trying to purchase multiple items that totaled approximately $1,675, was reportedly unaware that the money was fake. The suspect told Seebaran that her husband had given the bill to her before he left town on a trip.

According to the report, when the clerk was handed the bogus bill, she called over store manager Marshall Hunt who immediately recognized the bill as a fake.

Apparently unfazed by the setback, Pike then allegedly tried to pay for the items with two Wal-Mart gift cards that had a combined total worth of $2.32.

Still $1,598 short, Pike reportedly then asked Hunt if he could “cash the bill,” which the manager quickly refused to do.

After calling police, Hunt and the clerk tried to take the bill from Pike, but she refused to turn it over, according to the incident report.

Once Seebaran arrived, it was revealed that Pike had two more $1 million bills in her purse.

Pike was arrested and taken to the Newton County Law Enforcement Center on a charge of forgery.

Counterfeiting is a generations-old practice that has become harder to detect in recent years with advances in computer design and printing technology.

In this case, however, the fake bill was easy to detect, mainly because a $1 million bill has never been produced.
According to the Treasury Department’s Web site, the infamous $1 million dollar was created in 1982 when a Canadian firm began to sell the note for $1 as a collector’s item.

In fact, the fake bill created such a stir that the Secret Service actually investigated the case as a possible threat to national security.

However, no violations of federal currency laws were ever found and the bills continued to be sold, despite the Treasury Department’s protest.

Since that time, several incidents pop up each year with people trying to use the fake bill as legal tender.

According to federal Law, bills are not official United States currency notes unless they are manufactured by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)."


So, this genius decides to buy $1,675 dollars' worth of goodies from a local Wal Mart, using a gag bill that her husband gave her.

I have to wonder what conversation her husband had with her before he left on his trip :-). "Here, honey! Have a one-million dollar bill! Remember to use it when you go shopping. Meanwhile, I'm going to be taking an extended vacation with a topless dancer in a country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the U.S. Remember, honey: you're the richest woman in the trailer park, so enjoy :-)."

Worse yet, she had two more in her purse. What was this idiot thinking?

Let's see. $1,000,000 minus $1675 equals . . . um . . . $998,325 left over. After that first purchase, maybe it's time to shop at another Wal-Mart and get more?

I have a $1,000 bill with Princess Leia's face on it, that I bought as a gag at a convention. Until the U.S. joins the rebellion against the Empire, I don't think it will be worth anything :-).

So, what have we learned today?

1) If the U.S. treasury has any $1,000,000 bills printed in Canada, chances are a) we were invaded by Canada and are now the Canadian province of "The States", or b) we're outsourcing money printing to lower that deficit, yet again ;-).
2) That Canadian printed bill just miiiiiight be fake.
3) Do not try to shop at Wal-Mart with fake money.
4) Do not try to shop anywhere with fake money.
5) Police will laugh at you when you try to purchase something with a one-million-dollar bill :-).

Misanthrope,
Show me da' money

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[Technologist]

ARGH!

[eipuorg]

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!

[Technologist]

**Waves back!**

Can anybody make change for this $1,000.00 bill for me; I need to get a cup of coffee!!!

[kelly12569]

L M A O

[nanajoanie]

Some people are sooooo dumb - born without any brains...

And "eipuorg" Welcome to BBS. Enjoy the ride

[amysusi]

I saw this on the news this morning. THe anchors were laughing at this woman. One of them wondered how she thought they could pull that much change out of a till.