I don’t know how they did it, but an eagle-eyed Walmart cashier in Lexington, Kentucky somehow managed to foil Michael Anthony Fuller’s attempt to pay for a purchase with a $US1 million bill he made.
Maybe he didn’t get the watermarks exactly right? And it’s not like Fuller attempted to buy a million dollars worth of merchandise. Instead, he got to the checkout with a vacuum, a microwave, and a few other items totaling just $US476.
The store called the police, and later Fuller was charged with two felonies: attempting to obtain property by false pretense, and uttering a forged instrument. Unknown to him, in 1969 the US government had discontinued the $US500, $US1,000, $US5,000, and $US10,000 bills. And the largest bill ever produced was a $US100,000 note used by Federal Reserve Banks.
So maybe if he had instead tried to pay with a homemade $US1 million Walmart gift card he would have gotten away with his scam. [Winston-Salem Journal via Stuff]
Deshan
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 7:41 AMi have one of these fake 1 million dollar US bills i bought on eBay for $1AUD. put side by side with a 1 dollar US, it seems so legit. maybe if they made 100 dollar notes they can get away with it
Ash
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 10:40 AMHis problem was that he over thunk………and you know what that does right? He should’ve been more humble and created multiple $100 bills instead.
DarthDVD
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 9:18 PMall/most the U$ notes are the same size colour and feel…. he could have gotten away with slipping a few $1 notes in with a $100 bill.
Dan
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 11:41 PMthat or to distract the cashier while talking to them, but most should be trained on that as well. i’ve had a few people try that on me.
Dan
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 11:39 PMseriously?!?! being an american and one that worked in retail where i handled lots of cash, you would seriously have to be an idiot to mistake it for real or lack complete common sense and should be fired for questioning it.
there really is no “science” to testing bills in retail. there are several methods trained to you on how to recognize fakes easily.
and need i point out the fact that nobody (i don’t care who you are) would carry around $1M USD.
so what i’m trying to say is that terms like “eagle-eyed” and “somehow managed to foil” are highly over exaggerating and praise this cashier who is just doing their job.
Guy
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 3:43 AMHuh… And they say Americans don’t appreciate irony…
Joe Magic
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 5:02 PMhaha – Dan you are the best. Keep up the good work mate.
Michi
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 7:49 PMEven IF the cashier accepted it, $999,524 in change might have taken a little while to scrape together…..