Woman in China calls police after returning lost phone to owner and receiving bogus banknotes as reward
- Woman finds mobile phone, contacts owner, returns property
- Given red packet, contains banknotes used to train bank clerks
A woman in China was shocked after she returned a lost mobile phone to its owner then discovered her “reward” was made up of fake banknotes.
The woman in the country’s southeastern province of Guangdong posted a video clip on her Douyin account, @zhaoziyun, of the bogus bills that clearly showed “practice coupon” printed on them.
She said she had returned the lost iPhone to its owner the day before and had received a red packet containing 3,100 yuan (US$430) as a reward.
It was only the next day when she opened the packet that she found it contained notes used by bank clerks to practise money counting.
The woman called the police, saying the behaviour was “insulting” and they contacted the owner of the phone who admitted the imitation money was given intentionally.
Yi Xu, a lawyer from Hunan Jinzhou Law Firm, told the mainland media outlet Xiaoxiang Morning Herald that paying fake money as a reward could constitute fraud.