Counterfeit $100 Dollar Bills

Hiiiiiiii · #1 08-03-2007, 01:52 AM

So I was in my local Bodega here in NYC trying to purchase some lottery tickets. There was this guy in front of me who was just giving tons of numbers to the lotto man while pacing around holding one c note and acting weird.

Then all of a sudden, the lotto man goes "I don't have change." As soon as the guy heard that, he bolted out of the store leaving his lotto tickets and opened/unpaid for soda behind. He didn't say much as he was running out but, "You got no change, so you have no change..."

So I get to talking with the lotto man, as he is flipping out about that guy, and he tells me this is a very common thing. He told me he spotted the fake bill and that he goes through thousands of dollars of fake $100s every week.

I think it's interesting that these guys are basically extorting the lotto with counterfeit bills.

Thoughts?

Reef · #2 08-03-2007, 02:01 AM

people are greedy / desperate

edfurlong · #3 08-03-2007, 02:04 AM

I hate you [censored] lottery degens. You filthy crack heads spend days up at the counter, just let me buy my beer for christs sake.

Ron Burgundy · #4 08-03-2007, 02:09 AM

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lol, and they don't just buy a bunch and leave. They stand there and tell the clerk a thousand lottery bad beat stories and act like they rented out the space in front of the counter for the afternoon. And of course, the clerk has to just stand there and nod and pretend to listen because he doesn't want to p1ss off his best customer.

BigCummins · #5 08-03-2007, 03:27 AM

People usually take fakes into little shops like that is to get the $90+ real USD instead of one piece of paper that may or may not have value. not that i have ever done this.

P Chippa · #6 08-03-2007, 11:04 AM

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lol, and they don't just buy a bunch and leave. They stand there and tell the clerk a thousand lottery bad beat stories and act like they rented out the space in front of the counter for the afternoon. And of course, the clerk has to just stand there and nod and pretend to listen because he doesn't want to p1ss off his best customer.

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It's been my experience that the clerk is genuinely interested and has a thousand stories of their own that they are happy to share.

TimM · #7 08-03-2007, 02:46 PM

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lol, and they don't just buy a bunch and leave. They stand there and tell the clerk a thousand lottery bad beat stories and act like they rented out the space in front of the counter for the afternoon. And of course, the clerk has to just stand there and nod and pretend to listen because he doesn't want to p1ss off his best customer.

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The store gets 6 cents on the dollar for lottery sales in NY. I can't imagine they consider these people their best customers, unless they are buying other stuff too.

popeye18 · #8 08-03-2007, 02:58 PM

People who use counterfeit bills are morons. Id much rather just rob a place then get the feds involved.

David H · #9 08-03-2007, 03:18 PM

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People who use counterfeit bills are morons. Id much rather just rob a place then get the feds involved.

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When someone pulls a gun out, you know you're getting robbed. When someone hands you a counterfeit bill, do you always know it's fake?

popeye18 · #10 08-03-2007, 04:28 PM

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People who use counterfeit bills are morons. Id much rather just rob a place then get the feds involved.

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Id rather be rich than dumb.