Guy Used Fake $100 at Lemonade Stand, But Internet Is Paying the Kid Back

Two young boys at lemonade stand

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I don't know if this guy is: A jerk, a dumb jerk, or a careless, dumb jerk, but he's definitely been 86'd from one lemonade stand.

Police in Everett, Washington are looking for a guy who strolled up to a kid's lemonade and snack stand a few weeks ago, picked out about $15 worth of items, then paid the kid with a counterfeit $100 bill.

So the guy made off with the $85 he got as change. As far as we know, he's still out there, potentially ripping off other kids' lemonade stands.

But there is a silver lining.

The kid who runs the stand is an 11-year-old named Jeremy, and he's using his lemonade stand to raise money for a vending machine to grow his business. And he also sends money to Ukraine, where he's from.

Jeremy says he thought the $100 was fishy because, "the texture didn't feel good," and it just felt "wrong."

He took it to a nearby gas station, and they confirmed that it was counterfeit.

Fortunately, there's some grainy surveillance footage of the guy, so police have an idea who they're looking for.

And a GoFundMe has been set up for Jeremy, and he's already made back his money. In fact, it has raised more than $11,000.


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