Counterfeit Money

[LeeRichards 177238]

Sorry to hear this Emma ! and great thread to forewarn people. I can't help but think this guy barked up the wrong tree here !!!!

 

You mind if I bring all crisp $5 bills if I can get away to see you this fall ? ;)

[fortunateone 156618]

If you don't have a pen, you do a scratch test and view test for bills. Then you hold them up to the light. You can see ghosted images in real bills, and real bill can be scratched, you feel the raised ink. I have seen fake 20s (and for a while, it was a lot of 5 dollar bills running around, so its not always larger bills). These 20s were found out thru the scratch test when someone tried to use them. I have encountered a fake older style 100. The bill was actually smaller, if you had it next to real ones. The same quick check applies to US bills as well.

 

This is another good reason for sps to be paid up front and to always check the payment.

 

In this case, I think providing verification to the client, considering he was a regular, would have been better than confronting with an accusation based on the bank tellers response. For one thing, the bills are going to be checked but the teller couldn't say for sure they were fake or not fake. Letting the client know they were taken to be checked is different from saying he owes you money, and he needs to make it good now. If he was innocent of wrongdoing, he would be offended and suspicious, and unlikely to cooperate. If he isn't, the same outcome really. His attitude in response, its hard to say is he just offended or did it knowingly.

 

His response that he got it from the ATM tho, not true. He might have gotten it from a bank or maybe a money exchange place tho.

 

I can say the story here and my own experience would refute qwerty's claim that banks take the bills and pass them back. Banks confiscate the bills and report them to the police, I've never seen or heard of them doing anything else.

[SamanthaEvans 166766]

There's a lot of helpful information in this thread, and I'm grateful to those who've taken the time to post it.

 

Emma, it goes without saying that I'm sorry you've had to deal with this. At the same time, we can always count on you to do the right thing and to let us know about it, so thank you for that!

 

The sad fact is that money is often laundered through casinos and paid companions. Drug dealers may be a source of counterfeit money, or may also circulate it, usually unknowingly. Most people don't carry much cash these days and they rarely pay in cash for purchases over about $50.

 

I have a client who's a cop (and that was a surprise, believe me! He's actually one of my best guys.) He advised me some time ago to be very careful about the amount of cash I keep on hand and told me not to store cash in a safe deposit box linked to any bank account with my name on it. In the highly unlikely event that I should ever be charged with running a bawdy house, all of my goods would be seized and my bank accounts frozen. If I have a safety deposit box in my name, the contents of that will be frozen too. Any cash found in my premises or in a safety deposit box would be forfeited, whether I am eventually convicted of running a bawdy house or not, because it would be deemed to be the "proceeds of crime." My personal goods--the contents of my home--would only be released to me if I am found not guilty. Otherwise, they would be retained and sold because they, too, would be assumed to be the proceeds of crime. This is all very unlikely, but obviously is not outside the bounds of possibility.

[Guest f***2f***]

Emma...sorry to hear this happened to you and especially from a guy who gained your trust. That is wrong on so many levels.

I'm surprised we haven't read about this happening to others but perhaps there are not as many counterfeit bills around due to the difficulty of making fake money. Ours is pretty sophisticated and as someone else pointed out the polymer bills are coming.

 

I usually go to the bank and get new bills these days too as all those twenties are just a pain. I worried at first that the ladies wouldn't like the large denominations but none of them have complained. It's easier to stuff in your purse I'm guessing!! Love you ladies and hope none of you ever has to see a douche like the one that saw Emma. xoxox

[Guest S***dst***]

One thing I use for old bills is a visual check. It never fails. Ever.

 

If you look at the old bills you see all the wavy lines that flow from about 1/4 of the way in to just behind, the person on the bill, head. Looks like wavy lines

BUT those wavy lines are actually small numbers of what bill it should be.

 

I.E a $5 bill all the wavy lines will be different coloured 5's. $100 bill will be small 100's. In counterfeit bills they are just smudges or broken lines as copy machines and non mint machines do not provide/pick up such fine detail.

 

Try it out. It's the fastest and most assured way to detect old currency.

Unless your eye sight is terrible then you have to go with the hidden images in the light and other things mentioned.

 

Your client is a douche. Never met the guy but given his actions and the way he handled the situation...he knew they were fake...and did it on purpose. End of story.

I am sorry you had to go through that and I hope his karma comes around sooner than later :)

[Capital Hunter 18263]

Somehow I miss this thread until now!!!. Yes sorry it happened to you Emma. From what I read I am ready to pass a judgement that he is rude and uncaring and possibly a crook too (pending on response from Bank of Canada) and heartless. I can't believe someone with heart can actually see a lady and get so intimate with her (and likely exchange hugs and kisses) and then at the same time betray her so bad and then text so rude instead of apologizing and making up for it.