It sounds like a diy forging job if all the notes have the same serial no. And can't be passed in a shop.I would be surprised if they came out of the cashpoint.also if it was a proper organised job the fakes would be mixed with real ones.

 

+1.

I can only think that with the quantity ie. it's not just an odd note, they might want an investigation, and of course they can't simply dial 999 and wait for someone to turn up.
Surprised they haven't got a system to deal with it though, such as give the customer a receipt and seal the 'cash' away ready to hand it over to the police when reported.

This has been a lesson to us all though but isn't it dreadful that you do a deal with eg. a fellow SN member and you have to take so many precautions that in effect you're saying 'I can't trust you'?

It's not now just a case of counting the money but also authenticating it.

 

Scoobyfanatic33

Just out of curiosity what does it say on your receipt for the goods you bought from the OP?

Shaun

 

It's an offence in itself to own or be in possession of a forged note ( obv common sense prevails if it's unknown )
As you are defacing the crown ...
Very suspect to say took to a bank & they handed it back ( into circulation )
As they themselves are now in breach & have commited .... The treasury & royal mint do not permit banks , building society etc etc to perform this action

Very suspect IMO

 

It's been this way for more than 30 years with cash though. I ran a club in Manchester in the early/mid 80s and all my staff were instructed to put every bank note under the UV machine and never take £50 notes!

 

Have to be careful now unfortunately, One of the reasons I've got both a UV and a note checking Pen, Unfortunate for both in this as we never really know who is telling the truth.

Even paying online is unsafe now as we've seen many a tail of PayPal either with People paying as Gifts and loosing money, People buying parts to say its faulty and send back a different item. Sign of the time unfortunately. Part of the reason I don't sell much off mine and buy 95% of things through a trader or someone I really trust. Hope it all gets resolved.

 

more twists than a Hitchcock movie.......

Pixar may be interested to make it into an animated movie...

 

Yes, quite !

However, events should help us come to the right conclusion:

• OP has reported it to the police
• Police will take some action (even if it is just to assess the complaint)
• Police will relay findings etc. to op
• op will keep us updated

And also:

• SF33 might be contacted by police
• sf33 will let us know a) if he has been; and b) what the outcome is.

Basically, do the police think it warrants an investigation, if so does it warrant prosecution and if so what's the verdict?

And you can perm 1 from quite a number of options.

 

I always thought banks will take possession of fake notes and destroy them

 

Receipt ? Didn't get one, didn't know he was a trader just assumed it was a personal sale so didn't think to ask for one

 

Still no call or contact.. Police have the money and my statement they are getting the CCTV from morrisons cash machine also