What do i do with a fake £20 note?

Ian K

OK you can be honest and hand in to the bank or police but you lose Â£20. I don't advocate stitching up a shop or a pub as they too have to make a living.
Best advice is collect about Â£200 of Â£20 notes and pay it into a bank, hiding the duff one in the middle. Banks make a fortune out of bank charges and the like and I for one have no sympathy with with them.

Can you afford to lose Â£20. If you can hand it in to the bank or police.

myayro

If you have proof you took it out of the bank (like a receipt) they might swap it for you but other than that they won't give you a new one in case you're trying to scam them.

brkr_ntl

try to spend it at any shop but spend Â£25 or above so that the shop keeper has more chance of falling for it.

Scouse

Take it back to the bank where you got it and complain they may should replace it, if you are a customer in good standing . Even if you innocently try to pass one on you are technically guilty of a fraud. Now you can not do so innocently

john w

I would frame it and hang it on the wall! You're supposed to turn it in to the police but THEY don't give you anything for it: you're just out a 20!

IRON MAN

Your bank wouldn't exchange it. You're stuck with it im afraid. Unless you give it away, you'd be breaking the law. And if you gave it away, you could still be breaking the law by knowingly involving someone else in fraud.

My advice would be to destroy it.

Gizzo

No you can't swap it for a real one. Don't try to use it again because you might get into trouble with the old bill.

SeaEff

I;m surprised Sainsburys gave you it back.
Shops normally keep counterfeit notes and call the police.
Take it to the police or a bank and have them check if it's real or not, but expect both to keep it if it is a fake.

nosdda

By Law, you have to hand it into a Police Station for them to pass on to forensics, and to take it out of circulation. A bank would confiscate a fake Â£20 note.

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Well you need to find out where you got it from then tell the police, you can't take it to a bank, because think of all the people who would make fake then cash it in. You need to find out where you got it from and tell the police, or try and get a shop to take it, some shops don't even look at the money

joan k

The bank won't replace it and if you attempt to use it knowing it is conterfeit you are committing a criminal offence, it's not worth the risk. Take it to your local Police Station, sorry but you will have to go the loss, very unfair I know

hitman47

they should do

peter d

I would take it to the bank and tell them how you got it and maybe they might give you a real Â£20 note in exchange

westieforbobby

Regarding defrauding the bank with the duff note I would disregard comment...to many dishonest people like this out there.

Do the right thing and leave it to the police.

El Cid

You can do what you like with it except spend it. To spend it by paying for something is the same as circulating counterfeit money, which is a crime. The bank will just confiscate it and not give you anything.

Pheasant Plucker

If it was one of the new Â£20 notes they have to use a pen on them to check they're real so if she didn't do that she wouldn't have known.
Anyway, no you can't swap it for a real one unless you get away with using it somewhere else but what's the use in that? It's just gonna go into someone else's pocket and they won't be able to use it. You should give it to the police and tell them where you got it from.

translated with love

buy some drugs on the street. i think dealers usually look if its a Â£20, and then pocket it. they dont look to see if its fake lolololol

pogtwa

NO THE BANK WON'T SWAP IT.
I'd wait until you're in a pub after a few drinks and try it in there.

Carla A

Spend it

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