(wa) Beware counterfeit 50's

tyler06 · 22-05-2009, 01:36 PM

Hey guys check all your 50 dollar notes, as i have just been stung with a counterfeit from the bank. The counterfeits look identical to normal notes except below the pictures on either side they dont have the names of the person written. I am waitin for my pic to upload from my fone and i will post up a pic of wat to look for. Cheers Chris.
p.s i hope this is the right area.

gz1 · 22-05-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tyler06

Hey guys check all your 50 dollar notes, as i have just been stung with a counterfeit from the bank. The counterfeits look identical to normal notes except below the pictures on either side they dont have the names of the person written. I am waitin for my pic to upload from my fone and i will post up a pic of wat to look for. Cheers Chris.
p.s i hope this is the right area.

What you mean the *bank* gave you a counterfeit?. I knew banks were shonky but this puts an entirely new light on them ..

KITBAG · 22-05-2009, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by tyler06

Hey guys check all your 50 dollar notes, as i have just been stung with a counterfeit from the bank. The counterfeits look identical to normal notes except below the pictures on either side they dont have the names of the person written. I am waitin for my pic to upload from my fone and i will post up a pic of wat to look for. Cheers Chris.
p.s i hope this is the right area.

Do you mean ATM or inside bank (teller)

Which Bank?

jcxr · 22-05-2009, 01:46 PM

No they are not fake. Just a different batch. REPOST.

tyler06 · 22-05-2009, 01:48 PM

Well it was the teller who went through $1000 worth of them counting i mean and said they are counterfeits and we have been advised at our store to send the (if any) to the police, with them.

Btw i am not the police, the mint or a bank just letting u guys know what ive been told.

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tyler06 · 22-05-2009, 09:44 PM

Ok guys just went over this website
http://www.rba.gov.au/faq/currency.html#11

take note of this quote

11. Why are printed names of people featured on some currency notes and not others?
Printed names were added to the design of Australia’s currency notes to make it easier for the public to identify the famous Australians featured on notes. In 2002, printed names were added to $10 and $20 notes. In 2003 printed names were added to $50 notes, and in 2008 they were added to $100 notes. You can determine the year a note was manufactured by looking at the first two numbers of the serial number.

The presence or absence of a printed name is not a determining factor when assessing whether a note is genuine. Australia’s currency notes have many features designed to combat counterfeiting and the Reserve Bank of Australia has produced a Counterfeit Detection Guide to assist the public to detect and deal with counterfeit notes.

But there is heaps of stuff to determine it. Needless to say i will be going to the bank monday to set the silly twit of a teller straight and i cant check the one i had cause its already at the servo lol. Hope that helps.

Keepleft · 23-05-2009, 10:36 AM

Check the other security features etc - holograph, stripe et al.

**GasoLane** · 23-05-2009, 01:01 PM

I'm confused!

The Teller said it was counterfeit and they still gave it too you?

tyler06 · 23-05-2009, 04:05 PM

no i was giving her money for banking and she was giving me a change bag!

gtfpv · 23-05-2009, 04:21 PM

um err !!! lets see . the teller thought you had counterfit notes, but she was wrong , and either gave you change or refused . she did not ring the police , and you spent the fake notes at a servo !!!

i dont know why anyone would be confused reading this . are you sure you werent at an acid party, imagining the whole thing. ??

blue_ute · 24-05-2009, 10:08 PM

it's completly true i live in wa and my mate got one the other day they were very well made the writing and size r the only difference but u gotta look hard

**GasoLane** · 24-05-2009, 10:16 PM

I dont think we're disputing the truth about the fake 50's just the fact that the bank either...

Gave the OP one or

The bank said the OP had one but did nothing about it.

blue_ute · 24-05-2009, 10:44 PM

they r very well made unless u have 2 u wouldn't notice my mate only noticed because he had a fake and a real one and the fake was slightly smaller the police said their already on top of it

XR06T · 25-05-2009, 11:49 AM

the point gasolane is making is that a teller is not going to let you leave the bank with a counterfeit note. pretty sure they would want to give it to the police, not let you spend it at the servo.

Road_Warrior · 25-05-2009, 12:01 PM

If it was a problem, the Feds and the media would have been all over it by now. There was nothing in the press in WA about it over the weekend.

**GasoLane** · 25-05-2009, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by XR06T

the point gasolane is making is that a teller is not going to let you leave the bank with a counterfeit note. pretty sure they would want to give it to the police, not let you spend it at the servo.

Not to mention the phone call telling the Boss/Wife that you are currently 'helping Police with their enquiries'

Feathers · 25-05-2009, 03:48 PM

There is an article about it in the Daily Telegraph in Sydney today. They are real.

tyler06 · 25-05-2009, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by gtfpv

um err !!! lets see . the teller thought you had counterfit notes, but she was wrong , and either gave you change or refused . she did not ring the police , and you spent the fake notes at a servo !!!

i dont know why anyone would be confused reading this . are you sure you werent at an acid party, imagining the whole thing. ??

Lets get something straight here ok. i didnt come on here for some smart*** to pick the crap out of me right! i come on here to give you guys a general warning ok, if u wanna be a smart*** then do it somewhere else and just so you know she told me to take it to the police and i didnt because unlike you (obviously) i obviously cant afford to loose $50 for jack all. OK! Next time i think i will help people out i wont ok!

futura97 · 26-05-2009, 12:01 AM

I've heard about this elsewhere, so no doubting the truth behind it all. However, tyler06, its just your original post is a little confusing...

You said you went to the bank and THEY gave YOU a counterfeit $50 note then told you to go to the police with it? Or did YOU go to the BANK and want change / deposit it and get told it was counterfeit?

Either way, if you can unload it easily enough (which it is...) then really theres no real problem for us - unless you want to bank it.

Thanks tyler for the heads up either way

tyler06 · 26-05-2009, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by tyler06

no i was giving her money for banking and she was giving me a change bag!

This was supposed to clear that up but hey obviously i didnt make it clear. I was giving her $50 notes she was giving me change. Hope that clears that up.

**GasoLane** · 27-05-2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by tyler06

This was supposed to clear that up but hey obviously i didnt make it clear. I was giving her $50 notes she was giving me change. Hope that clears that up.

Kinda cleared it up. But if she left you keep it it was not a fake. If it was a fake she would be obliged to keep it, notify her manager and the police.

tyler06 · 27-05-2009, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

Kinda cleared it up. But if she left you keep it it was not a fake. If it was a fake she would be obliged to keep it, notify her manager and the police.

Thats wat i would have thought too but no. Im just telling you wat happened ok, nothing more. I know wat she said to me and i definately dont go round making up bs stories like it sounds like some people think i do. Not havin a go at anyone just dont like bein called a liar is all and if im not then it doesnt matter.

jaydee · 27-05-2009, 10:36 PM

Was just in HJ's Duncraig and they were all in a flap because someone had just passed a fake $50, pity the poor kid on the till that took it.

FGII-XR6 · 28-05-2009, 09:59 AM

so you knowingly passed what you belived to be counterfeit money ? that makes you guilty of a federal offence and liable to prison time . the excuse " I can't afford to loose $50 " makes you no less a criminal for your actions and would not lessen the sentence you received. fortunatly for you it sounds like they were real and just part of a false counterfeit warning

**GasoLane** · 29-05-2009, 12:48 PM

With respect to tyler06 who gave us the heads up about the $50s, could someone PLEASE point out a site/newspaper article thats says that there really are fake 50's out there.

Seeing as it's been a week since the first post and nothing has been heard on the radio or other media, it might be like the RBA says.

They AINT fake. Just different!

**Peuty** · 29-05-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by blue_ute

they r very well made unless u have 2 u wouldn't notice my mate only noticed because he had a fake and a real one and the fake was slightly smaller the police said their already on top of it

He had TWO FIFTIES???

Man, talk about living the high life!

**GasoLane** · 29-05-2009, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

He had TWO FIFTIES???

Man, talk about living the high life!

Probably a Queenslander, everyone knows they always have plenty of cash

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**Peuty** · 29-05-2009, 05:18 PM

I'd better move to QLD then!

Oh wait...

JAYMZ · 29-05-2009, 05:58 PM

I run a supermarket and we get them quite often