Counterfeit U.S. Cash Floods Crime Forums

Post by justin66 » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 11:38 PM UTC

cm2012 wrote: post #33

justin66 wrote: post #21

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I was responding to a specific point grecy made. People will check a $20. I imagine they might even change their method of checking if a different type of counterfeit becomes popular. I've only ever seen the marker or a UV light used in public, but criminals aren't the only ones capable of adapting to new circumstances. Hopefully it's obvious that the seller mentioned in the article is probably not making or selling…

In NYC, at least, in 100s of places, I've literally never seen someone check a $20 in any way other than putting it up to the light, and that is 5% of the time. I'm sure it happens though.

Post by UrMomReadsHN » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 11:50 PM UTC

sjtrny wrote: post #35

barrkel wrote: post #28

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You're attributing one thing - suspicion of a particular denomination - to something which it may not be related to. It may simply be due to how common a particular denomination is used in the cash economy. In the Eurozone, €50 notes are very frequently used - it would be unusual to be specifically suspicious of that denomination - while €100 notes are far more rare.

You could be correct although I saw many other people paying for things with $50 notes too. I didn't think they were rare. Maybe it is store policy to do the counterfeit checks on $50/100 notes?

Post by teh_klev » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 12:24 AM UTC

Guvante wrote: post #44

fredgrott wrote: post #8

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One dollars do not as of yet

No one has found a way to make convincing one dollar bills for less than a dollar. Heck washing dollar bills is a way to get base paper for higher denominations. (one of the incentives for moving away from consistently colored currency)

Post by dragonwriter » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 12:37 AM UTC

ghshephard wrote: post #46

Crito wrote: post #37

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The pens are worthless in general. Real bills can "fail", fake bills easily pass if they care to. The Secret Service will tell you to not rely on them if you call them up and ask about them. A friend of mine had a $10 bill checked and confiscated at a corner store a few years ago. The bill was genuine, but a few decades old and over those past decades it accumulated enough starch on it to trip the pen. He had to call…

"over those past decades it accumulated enough starch on it to trip the pen" I can't believe that's a very common case. The pens are there to deter people from playing games with their color printers, and do a pretty good job of that. Well, at least they do a good job of making people buy starch free paper.

Post by mpyne » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 2:05 AM UTC

cm2012 wrote: post #33

justin66 wrote: post #21

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I was responding to a specific point grecy made. People will check a $20. I imagine they might even change their method of checking if a different type of counterfeit becomes popular. I've only ever seen the marker or a UV light used in public, but criminals aren't the only ones capable of adapting to new circumstances. Hopefully it's obvious that the seller mentioned in the article is probably not making or selling…

In NYC, at least, in 100s of places, I've literally never seen someone check a $20 in any way other than putting it up to the light, and that is 5% of the time. I'm sure it happens though.