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Bank Refunds Woman After Getting Fake $20 Bill From ATM

Posted: 7:25 am EST January 10, 2008

An Orlando woman who got counterfeit cash from a Bank of America ATM was thankful, Thursday morning because the bank replaced the phony money. But the bank said the woman just got lucky.

Harriett Green didn't think twice about the cash she got from the machine on orange Blossom Trail, near All American Boulevard. But when she got to Wal-Mart to pick up some items, she quickly realized one of the $20 bills was a fake.

"Yes, it's scary because we could go to jail for it. I could have been in one place that woudn't have been as nice as Wal-Mart if they had called the police. They could have had me locked up thinking that, uh, you know, I printed counterfeit money," said Harriett Green, who received the fake cash out of the ATM.

A teller at the bank remembered helping Green when she pulled money from the ATM, so the bank agreed to replace the phony bill.

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