Woman Exchanges Monopoly Money for Danish Kroner at Bank

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I don't know what's sadder - that the bank made the exchange the first time or that she went back a second time.


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Woman exchanges Monopoly money for Danish kroner

by Paul O'Mahony

A woman in Denmark played a high stakes game last week when she successfully convinced a bank to exchange bills worth two thousand "kronor" in Swedish Monopoly money for a quantity of real Danish money.

But the 61-year-old may be left needing a "get out of jail" card after a second attempt to exchange the toy cash backfired.

The fraud attempt began on Thursday, when the woman entered a branch of the Nordea bank in Svendborg and handed over two fake bills. When the teller failed to spot that the Swedish bills were far from authentic, the woman walked away from the counter with a cool 1,400 Danish kroner ($240), local newspaper Fyns Amts Avis reports.

Branch manager Ulrik Feveile Nielsen told the newspaper that an inexperienced staff member had been manning the cash desk at the time.

"As long as humans are involved, mistakes will happen," he said.

But rather than quitting while she was ahead, the woman had another roll of the dice and returned to the bank the following day with a further eight thousand "kronor" in Monopoly money.

This time staff were wise to her ways and immediately reported the matter to the police.

When placed under arrest, the woman claimed that a third party had forced her into the fraudulent exchange attempts.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I like how it was somebody else that was forcing her to do it.

 

[99MustangGTman]

What a dumb lady, the teller even more so stupid

 

[shfreelance]

I would not say she is dump, but she has a damn good story for her grand kids, lol.

 

[Vogue Harper]

Given the state of the Scandinavian economies, I thought the bank did quite well getting all that valuable Monopoly money for not a lot of kroner

Reminds of the joke doing the rounds when the Icelandic banking system collapsed last year: What's the capital of Iceland? About £2.50.

 

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Given the state of the Scandinavian economies, I thought the bank did quite well getting all that valuable Monopoly money for not a lot of kroner

Reminds of the joke doing the rounds when the Icelandic banking system collapsed last year: What's the capital of Iceland? About £2.50.

Well, if it were Iceland, the paper and ink used in the Monopoly money probably would be worth more than the local currency...

 

[iBlue]

Greed. The problem is always greed.

 

[Vogue Harper]

Well, if it were Iceland, the paper and ink used in the Monopoly money probably would be worth more than the local currency...

In which case she should be praised for her efforts to recapitalise the bank