Granny Sends Grandson Fake €100 Note

[Snowden]

Granny Sends Grandson Fake €100 Note

A 19-year-old man who was caught spending a counterfeit note was shocked to learn that his grandmother had forged it as a gift for passing his exams. He should have read the accompanying letter she sent him.

DPA

Better check that note. Could be a photocopy.



A 19-year-old man in Germany got caught trying to spend a fake €100 ($134) note his grandmother had given him for passing his high school exams, police said.


The store cashier immediately spotted the note was fake and called the police. "The young man was completely surprised, and said his granny had sent him the note by mail for passing his exams," police in the western city of Oberhausen said in a statement on Sunday

"He couldn't believe his granny had become a counterfeiter."

The grandmother explained that she had indeed photocopied a real €100 bank note and sent it to her grandson.

But he had evidently been in too much of a hurry to spend the cash to read the accompanying letter which contained the crucial sentence: "This is a copy, I'll transfer the real hundred euros to your bank account."

"The moral of the tale: it's not only love that makes you blind, money does too," said police.

http://parship-uk.spiegel.de/?source=english-site2

[BrianK]

Originally Posted by Snowden

Granny Sends Grandson Fake €100 Note

A 19-year-old man who was caught spending a counterfeit note was shocked to learn that his grandmother had forged it as a gift for passing his exams. He should have read the accompanying letter she sent him.

DPA

Better check that note. Could be a photocopy.



A 19-year-old man in Germany got caught trying to spend a fake €100 ($134) note his grandmother had given him for passing his high school exams, police said.


The store cashier immediately spotted the note was fake and called the police. "The young man was completely surprised, and said his granny had sent him the note by mail for passing his exams," police in the western city of Oberhausen said in a statement on Sunday

"He couldn't believe his granny had become a counterfeiter."

The grandmother explained that she had indeed photocopied a real €100 bank note and sent it to her grandson.

But he had evidently been in too much of a hurry to spend the cash to read the accompanying letter which contained the crucial sentence: "This is a copy, I'll transfer the real hundred euros to your bank account."

"The moral of the tale: it's not only love that makes you blind, money does too," said police.

http://parship-uk.spiegel.de/?source=english-site2

The kid sure did have a lot of sentiment concerning his grandmother. NOT.

The moral of the tale is. This teen was ignorant in social skills relating to reading and responding to a letter.

[BloodThirstyWench]

Originally Posted by BrianK

The kid sure did have a lot of sentiment concerning his grandmother. NOT.

The moral of the tale is. This teen was ignorant in social skills relating to reading and responding to a letter.

Yeah, that and you can't trust granny!

[Snowden]

All us grannys can be trusted!! :O

Well.... most of us.

[conlor]

It would be interesting to find out if she really DID transfer the money!

I once wrote my daughter a check for $1M. I told her she was worth it to me, and more. We both knew it could never be cashed. I...uh...don't keep that much in the checking account... that would be foolish...