[Noisebridge-discuss] $100 of $153 cash donation last night
Travis Wellman
travis at traviswellman.com
Wed Sep 25 08:35:46 UTC 2013
This happened to me last week including fake 100s and 20s too. I recommend anyone selling anything for cash get a photo of the buyer's ID.
Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>I just hope nobody "made change" and took $100 worth of twenties when
>they
>put that fake bill in there.
>
>-jake
>
>Mitch wrote:
>Last night (Monday) was a hopping night at Noisebridge, as it often is.
>
>Lots of happy people soldering, learning how to make websites, playing
>with LED lighting, and lots of other cool things. And a bunch of
>people
>donated cash into our donation box.
>
>When I went home, I grabbed the cash from the donation bin. Someone
>had
>put in a $100 bill, inside of an envelope.
>
>Today, I went to Wells Fargo Bank to deposit all the cash, and the
>teller
>looked at the $100 bill kinda funny. "I hope that is real", I said.
>He
>said, "I don't think it is. Let me show it to my manager." She was on
>
>the phone, but in less than a glance, she waved her finger and shook
>her
>head. It was counterfeit! I wish they didn't have to keep the bill,
>otherwise I'd give a photo of it. The printing was really good! But
>it
>was missing a watermark, and though they added a little strip inside
>the
>bill, the strip was not perpendicular to the edges of the bill.
>
>So, the teller deposited the rest of the $53 into the Noisebridge
>account.
>"Thanks for taking this so well.", the teller said.
>
>Cheers,
>Mitch.
>
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