Woman trying to pass $1 Million bill at the Walmart

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COVINGTON, Georgia (AP) -- A Georgia woman who tried to use a fake $1 million bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart was arrested, and police later found two more of the bills in her purse.

The U.S. Treasury does not make $1 million bills, but similar-looking currency is sold in some souvenir shops. The fake bill featured a picture of the Statue of Liberty, police said.

"It looks real, but of course there's nothing real about this," said Stacey Cotton, police chief in Covington, about 30 miles southeast of Atlanta. "People do crazy things all the time."

A store clerk immediately noticed the bill was fake when 35-year-old Alice Regina Pike handed it to her on Friday, Cotton said.

Pike then tried to use two gift cards worth only $2.32 to buy the merchandise, but when that did not work she again asked to cash the $1 million bill, Cotton said. The store then called police.

Pike was jailed on forgery charges. A woman who answered the phone at the jail said she did not know if Pike has a lawyer.

Not only does Walmart hire the handicapped, apparently they love to shop there too!

That's just stupid.

Why would you think that a Walmart could cash a $1 million bill? I mean at least take it to a bank or jewllery store, or somewhere likely to have a million dollars.

Some poeple are just idiots I guess.

Wow! You mean all this Monopoly money I've been saving up won't let me get my Wal-Mart layaway stuff out?

Now that's funny.... dumb@ss woman!!

I will bet when she called her husband-brother from the jail, he was mad that he had to call their mamma for bail.-**** Insert banjo music here.

Oh, so true...

Oh crap, I was just coming to post this story!

I was wondering how she thought they could give her $998, 325 change...

It's sad, she must be really lost in the head if she thought it'd work

Either she's really lost or really stupid, either way, better that the proper officials remove her from society.

Hehehe, one time when I was working at a department store, I had one of those $1,000,000 bills. I saw it on the floor and I was like "sweet! money!" and then was disappointed that it was fake.

then I realized if I kept it on the floor, I could chuckle to myself as customers' faces lit up as they saw the bill, and then sank as they realized it was fake. MAUHAHAHAHAHAH! Good times, good times.

someone was probably watching you from behind a curtain, laughing at you as you got excited, picked it up, then sank as you realized it was a fake

At least bring in a $1,000 bill, those actually exist.

I remember reading a story about a lame-o at a Dairy Queen in Kansas who accepted a $200 bill with George Dubya Bush on it. Gave the guy like $198 change. Sigh, I hate people sometimes.

-HECK!

I'd probably do something like that. I don't pay attention to what the hell I'm doing at work.

What's worse than counterfeit cash are people who try and grift you. Like switching 20's with 10's and stuff like that. Had a guy try to do that to me back in the day. Almost kicked an ass.

-HECK!

Atlanta, Georgia (AP) -- A woman who tried to use a fake $1 million bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart said it was all just a misunderstanding -- she thought the bill was real.

The United States Treasury does not make $1 million bills.

"You can't keep up with the U.S. Treasury," said Alice Pike, speaking from jail.

Pike, 35, was arrested last week at the Wal-Mart. The bill was a novelty item that can be bought at gag shops. Pike told police she got it from her estranged husband, who is a coin collector.

Pike said she first tried to buy the merchandise with two Wal-Mart gift cards. But the cashier told her the cards only had a total value of $2.32. That's when Pike says she pulled out the $1 million bill.

"All I've got is this," Pike said she told the cashier.

"I wasn't trying to pass off the bill," she said. "That's ridiculous."

A police report says Pike tried to pay for the items with the fake bill and even asked for change.

Prosecutors must decide whether to prosecute Pike on charges of first-degree forgery.

I almost believe it... someone who'd try and buy things worth over a thousand bucks with 2.32 dollars worth of gift certificates is probably stupid enough to believe a million buck bill is real


Though obviously she's talked to a lawyer

They should just let the cashier smack her around for a half hour.

Haha, can you imagine what the cashier was thinking?