Posted on 03/04/2014 6:23:05 AM PST by BenLurkin
RANCHO CUCAMONGA (CBSLA.com) — Crooks in Rancho Cucamonga are paying for Girl Scout cookies with counterfeit cash.
Two high school sophomores, Katelyn and Tari, were selling cookies Saturday in front of a Stater Brothers when they took in two seemingly legitimate $50 bills from a man and a woman.
When they tried to break one of the $50 bills, a cashier told them the cash was fake.
Troop leader Cheryl Williams was stunned.
“Even though we had the…counterfeit pen, the pen did not work. It showed that it was a good bill,” she said.
Also on Saturday, a mother at another cookie booth at a Vons in Rancho Cucamonga was given two phony $50 bills.
“It’s just unfortunate because our girls are trying to trust people,” the woman, who wanted to remain nameless, said.
On Monday, Teresa McMahon, a spokesperson with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, held a lesson on how to spot fake cash for the Girl Scout troops.
Parents were also given a handout.
“The difference is that if you look at the faces, they’re all the same here, and here you can actually tell by the shapes of their faces that they’re completely different,” McMahon said.
The Girl Scouts are chalking up this weekend’s event as a life lesson in funny money.
“When you do put yourself out there, you are always going to have to double check,” Tari said.
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sure... they can try it again and see if the gals were fibbing...
What a waste of a perfectly good counterfeit caper. Girl Scout cookies are not even edible any more.
It has been many years since I have had them, but I bought two boxes from a friend’s daughter this year. The Thin Mints had an outer coating that tasted and felt like old, dry candle wax. There was no hint of chocolate taste whatsoever. The lemon cookie literally tasted like a chemical cleaning product.
a story with two sets of “bad guys”.
It is a win win for america. The counterfiters will end up in jail, a left wing socialist group loses money.
suckers will prop up the sales.
lol
That just seemed like the natural progression to all the things you listed. Fill the tub with money, and dive in!
Thank you for sharing that. It makes the boycott a lot easier.
haha! yes--sorry, i have posted a lot today, and i could not remember what i actually said... but yes--makes me think of that poster for that movie, "Indecent Proposal" with Demi Moore and Robert Redford... :)
Phonies paying phonies with phonies. Perfect!
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