Stupidiot tries to cash $360 billion forged cheque

[ENGINEERS WIFE]

FORT WORTH, Texas - Tellers at the Texas bank were immediately suspicious.


After all, it isn't every day someone walks in to cash a cheque with 10 zeros on it.


But police say 21-one-year-old Charles Ray Fuller of the Fort Worth suburb of Crowley tried to do just that.


Fuller now faces forgery and other charges after trying to cash a cheque for $360-billion last week.


Fuller, who was released after posting $3,750 bail, claims his girlfriend's mother gave him the cheque to start a record business, a claim the woman denies.


In addition to forgery, Fuller has been charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon and possessing marijuana.


Police say they found more than 50 grams of marijuana and a .25-calibre handgun and magazine in his pockets.



Note to (stupidiot)self:  Maybe I was a little too greedy, next time don't put SOOOO MANY zeros, maybe only 5 or 6.  And if I cross my fingers AND toes that bank teller won't notice it's not real next time!!

Woo Hoo, that made me laugh, some people are frickin' stupid it is truly amazing!  And unfortunately we have to share the world with them, they walk among us

 

[Yrys]

Well, fortunately for his girlfriend’s mother, the cashier wasn't of the same specie...

 

[medicineman]

Speaking of forgers, hear about the Canadian guy that decided to make a new bill - a $15 one, just for the hell of it?

Well, he spent almost a year on this project of his when he decided to take it for a test drive at Tim's one day.  So he walked in and bought a couple of Tim Bits and paid for them with his new bill.  The youngster behind the counter looked at it for a second, then decided it was legit and promptly dug out two 7's in change...

MM

 

[Rocketryan]

I remember some topic a while ago here about a guy trying to get change for a million dollar bill

Always gves me a chuckle hearing about these attempts

 

[RTaylor]

Speaking of forgers, hear about the Canadian guy that decided to make a new bill - a $15 one, just for the hell of it?

Well, he spent almost a year on this project of his when he decided to take it for a test drive at Tim's one day.  So he walked in and bought a couple of Tim Bits and paid for them with his new bill.  The youngster behind the counter looked at it for a second, then decided it was legit and promptly dug out two 7's in change...

MM

:rofl:

 

[MedTechStudent]

They should have cashed his check in Monopoly Money ;D

 

[ENGINEERS WIFE]

Thursday at work, I got a fake $5.00 bill.  I gave it back to the customer and said I couldn't take it cuz it wasn't good.  She started argue with me.  "It has to be real, I just got it from another store"  And I got her fake $5 and held it up to a real $5 and it was about a mm smaller all the way around than the real one.  I said "Look, it's smaller than the real on, that's a indication it's FAKE, I'm not taking it."  She was not happy at all, I understand that, but, give me a break, it was only $5, it's not like it was a $360 billion cheque

 

[BernDawg]

Speaking of forgers, hear about the Canadian guy that decided to make a new bill - a $15 one, just for the hell of it?

Well, he spent almost a year on this project of his when he decided to take it for a test drive at Tim's one day.  So he walked in and bought a couple of Tim Bits and paid for them with his new bill.  The youngster behind the counter looked at it for a second, then decided it was legit and promptly dug out two 7's in change...

MM

Heard this before...
Got change for a $7.  Yup, here's a $3 and a $4!

 

[Yrys]

I've read 2 versions of the million dollar bill, one with a man, one with a woman, each in a grocery store,
asking for the change on the bill!

Thursday at work, I got a fake $5.00 bill.  I gave it back to the customer and said I couldn't take it cuz it wasn't good.  She started argue with me.

Next time, tell her the truth : you are legally bind to keep the 5$ AND the customer, call the police, so the officers
will better be able to follow the trace (That's what my supervisors told me when I was working in a grocery store).
S/he may change her/his tune ...

 

[Urban]

Think of how stupid the average person is... Now think about how half the people in the world are dumber than that!

 

[Yrys]

Think of how stupid the average person is... Now think about how half the people in the world are dumber than that!

:rofl:

Great use of stats !

 

[Pte.Butt]

Thursday at work, I got a fake $5.00 bill.  I gave it back to the customer and said I couldn't take it cuz it wasn't good.  She started argue with me.  "It has to be real, I just got it from another store"  And I got her fake $5 and held it up to a real $5 and it was about a mm smaller all the way around than the real one.  I said "Look, it's smaller than the real on, that's a indication it's FAKE, I'm not taking it."  She was not happy at all, I understand that, but, give me a break, it was only $5, it's not like it was a $360 billion cheque

It's possible the $5 was real. Take a look into your wallet, and compare the 5 dollar bills. The newer ones (crisp, no crinkles/wrinkles) to the older ones, (wrinkly, faded etc...) Generally all the wear and tear and older bill sees it actually compresses. I would venture to say, that if you iron the older bills, they would be the same size as the new ones, but that could be false. The newer ones are just not 'broken in'.

 

[ENGINEERS WIFE]

Posted by: Yrys
Next time, tell her the truth : you are legally bind to keep the 5$ AND the customer, call the police, so the officers
will better be able to follow the trace (That's what my supervisors told me when I was working in a grocery store).
S/he may change her/his tune ...

I know you're supposed to keep it, but here in TO there are store clerks are keeping the $100 or $50's saying they are fake when they are not, just to make so extra money. So beware!  I think that most people get them given to them in their change and don't even realize it's fake until I tell them.  Most are not trying to pass off fake money, it's a honest mistake.

Posted by: ButtA
It's possible the $5 was real. Take a look into your wallet, and compare the 5 dollar bills. The newer ones (crisp, no crinkles/wrinkles) to the older ones, (wrinkly, faded etc...) Generally all the wear and tear and older bill sees it actually compresses. I would venture to say, that if you iron the older bills, they would be the same size as the new ones, but that could be false. The newer ones are just not 'broken in'.

This one was fake, it was newer and when I held it under the blue light the 'squiggly' threads didn't light up.  I deal with cash everyday, I can usually tell just by touching it it it's real or not.  I have only ever gotten fake $5 or $10, never anything bigger.

 

[Yrys]

This one was fake, it was newer and when I held it under the blue light the 'squiggly' threads didn't light up.  I deal with cash everyday, I can usually tell just by touching it it it's real or not. 

Some fakes are so obviously fake that light is not even necessary, they are a joke. When you work with money for some time, its a capacity that develop. But when I
worked in the Montréal  casino a few years ago, we had a formation by a former police officer specialised in fraud that showed us the best fakes. I couldn't tell the
difference. So when a custumer arrived with a 1000$ bill, I call a supervisor, not wanting to make a false call...

 

[jollyjacktar]

Where I grew up in Southern Alberta we had a Alberta Treasury Branch as one of the banks offering their services. 

In the early 80's, a would be Robber walked into the bank and upon getting to the Teller produced a note stating that it was a stick up.  Back then most banks would not talk to you if you were not an account holder and it was common to be told they could not serve you. 

The Teller looked at the note and thinking quickly asked the Robber if he had an account with this branch, to which he replied "No".  She smiled sweetly and said that she was sorry but he could not rob this branch as he was not an account holder. 

He said "Shit" and walked out of the building.  The RCMP were promptly called and arrested the idiot at the side of the road as he was trying to hitchhike out of town.

 

[MamaBear]

This thread made me think of this math problem my mother used to tell.

A man shows up a motel on a cold rainy night and manages to get the last vacant room.  He pays $10.00 (we can only dream) and goes up to his room.  Another traveller shows up and the manager tells him there are no rooms left.  But the manager feels sorry for the weary traveller and calls up to the guy that just checked in and asks if he would be willing to share the room.  The the first guy says "okay".  The second man also pays $10.00 and goes on up.  A third man shows up and the same thing happens.  The first two are okay with sharing the room, so the third traveller pays $10.00 and goes up.

But the manager is now feeling a bit guilty after charging $30.00 for one room.  He calls the bellhop over and pulls 5 singles out of the register.  He tells the bellhop to return the $5.00 to the three men sharing the room.  But on the way up the stairs, the bellhop wonders how they would divide the 5 singles three ways.  So he pockets 2 of them for himself and returns $1 to each of the three men.

So.....  Each man has now paid $9.00 each ($10.00 less the $1.00 returned by the bellhop).  So 3 x 9 = $27.00 plus the $2.00 the bellhop kept makes $29.00.  Where is the missing dollar?

 

[Urban]

This thread made me think of this math problem my mother used to tell.

A man shows up a motel on a cold rainy night and manages to get the last vacant room.  He pays $10.00 (we can only dream) and goes up to his room.  Another traveller shows up and the manager tells him there are no rooms left.  But the manager feels sorry for the weary traveller and calls up to the guy that just checked in and asks if he would be willing to share the room.  The the first guy says "okay".  The second man also pays $10.00 and goes on up.  A third man shows up and the same thing happens.  The first two are okay with sharing the room, so the third traveller pays $10.00 and goes up.

But the manager is now feeling a bit guilty after charging $30.00 for one room.  He calls the bellhop over and pulls 5 singles out of the register.  He tells the bellhop to return the $5.00 to the three men sharing the room.  But on the way up the stairs, the bellhop wonders how they would divide the 5 singles three ways.  So he pockets 2 of them for himself and returns $1 to each of the three men.

So.....  Each man has now paid $9.00 each ($10.00 less the $1.00 returned by the bellhop).  So 3 x 9 = $27.00 plus the $2.00 the bellhop kept makes $29.00.  Where is the missing dollar?

I think the answer to this is in the final tally.

Each man paid 10 dollars, therefore 30 dollars in total is given to the manager and is the sole input of money into the system, which will be the number we need in the final tally.

The manager gives 5 dollars to the bellhop, making the total that the manager has now 25 dollars and the bellhop, 5 dollars.

The bellhop gives 3 dollars to the customers, leaving the bellhop with 2 dollars, each man having paid 10 dollars and receiving one back.

Therefore, the location of every dollar involved is 25 for the manger, 2 for the bellhop and 1 for each customer = 25 + 2 + 3 = 30 dollars.

The original question mixes dollars that the bellhop holds with dollars that were paid by the customers, which don't really have any link.

The correct way to add it up as the question did would be 3 customers paying 9 dollars each (in the end) = 27 dollars inputted into the system.

2 dollars are held by the bellhop, 25 by the manager, therefore 27 dollars are accounted for.

I had to think about that one for a bit, but hey, I just woke up

 

[ENGINEERS WIFE]

Hey, I just woke up to and that's WAY TOOOOO MUCH thinking for a Sunday.  Urban, take the day off now, relax, you deserve it 8)

 

[MamaBear]

Way to go Urban!  It's all in the presenting of the question... kind of like how you can use statistics to any advantage.