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By Relieved - 09/09/2017 01:53

Today someone gave my husband a counterfeit $100 bill and we didn't know that it was counterfeit until the store called us and told us. We had 3 1/2 hours to come up with $100 to avoid getting the cops involved. We came up with the money but we are still out $100. FML.
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jbuckets_404 38

I agree, that does indeed sound like a scam. A reputable store would want you to be jailed and to turn over the fake $100 - aside from being reimbursed (through the legal system). OP, I hope you report this to the police!

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GhostFox 33

This sounds questionably legal at best- if anything, you should have let the police get involved so that you could make sure the counterfeit money got turned in. Particularly since that's what you are legally required to do- fake bills have to be turned into either a police officer in person, a Secret Service Agent, mailed into the secret service, or a bank. If you have a good relationship with your bank, and can prove (or at least make a good case) that the counterfeit money was obtained from one of their branches or ATMs, they may give you an equivalent amount of currency. Otherwise, there's no one and no department that is required to reimburse someone that received counterfeit money.

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mcdgaf 14

That sounds like a scam, the store would have checked it when you paid. plus, they'd have to prove via circulation number that the bill you paid with was indeed yours. You could have very easily gotten out of that.

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GhostFox 33

This sounds questionably legal at best- if anything, you should have let the police get involved so that you could make sure the counterfeit money got turned in. Particularly since that's what you are legally required to do- fake bills have to be turned into either a police officer in person, a Secret Service Agent, mailed into the secret service, or a bank. If you have a good relationship with your bank, and can prove (or at least make a good case) that the counterfeit money was obtained from one of their branches or ATMs, they may give you an equivalent amount of currency. Otherwise, there's no one and no department that is required to reimburse someone that received counterfeit money.

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jbuckets_404 38

I agree, that does indeed sound like a scam. A reputable store would want you to be jailed and to turn over the fake $100 - aside from being reimbursed (through the legal system). OP, I hope you report this to the police!

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