Counterfeit Money in Perth

Jase · 24-09-2008, 06:43 PM

Hey guys I though Id give a heads up about counterfeit money doing the rounds in Perth at the moment.

Someone I know picked up a fake $50 last night, apparently theres a few going around.

Looks/feels pretty much the same except it is missing the serial number and the southern cross on the clear window is missing.

Someone mentioned it may have something to do woth the royal show being in town?
Either way, theyre hard to spot when your working in a busy shop or out at night!

broken_suave · 24-09-2008, 07:42 PM

We've had these in QLD for the last year or so. They're good fakes, mostly $50's but also some $10's.

The $50's are as Jase described, the same as a normal note, bar the serial number being missing, and the southern cross missing from the window, and/or the embossing in the note missing.

The $10's are the same as a normal note, except they are all strategically damaged to hide the serial number. Also occasionally the window is not perfectly clear (cloudy in appearance). As such, most shopping centres around Brisbane will not accept damaged notes, especially $10's.

Keep a look out where ever you are in the country, cause there are some good fakes going around.

HLC · 25-09-2008, 12:52 AM

wow they dont sound that crash hot to be good fakes?

we've had some beauties at work lately. (i work at a maccas)

they are 50's. have the clear window with the southern cross. cant recall the embossing though.

the only difference is that when you crush them up, like making a ball of paper, they dont really spring back to shape like plastic money.

schnoods · 25-09-2008, 01:59 AM

My Mum came across them recently when she went shopping at a IGA store.

Anyways she got them out of an ATM and when she went to pay they pulled her up and said the money was fake yada yada yada.

Anyways she went to the bank the following day and apparently they were real 50's but the part that was controversial was the name was missing where the womans names was supposed to be an they were legit.

But while at the bank they warned her of false notes in circulation missing the southern cross. So they'll obviously come out now at the royal show with all that cashflow.

Cobra · 25-09-2008, 08:58 AM

As long as I can flog them off to the next person without them knowing it doesn't bother me.

XR06T · 25-09-2008, 10:44 AM

we got a really bad one through work a few weeks ago. was printed on paper and the southern cross window was a hole in the paper with 4 paper starts between 2 bits of tape. wasn't even printed straight. girl at the checkout still accepted it...

Fev · 25-09-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by XR06T

we got a really bad one through work a few weeks ago. was printed on paper and the southern cross window was a hole in the paper with 4 paper starts between 2 bits of tape. wasn't even printed straight. girl at the checkout still accepted it...

i hope she got a stern talking to! pretty blind not to see that it was fake

jcxr · 25-09-2008, 11:16 AM

I had a checkout girl have a good look at a $50 note the other day, sorta did a noticable inspection. This was in Melbourne.

XR06T · 25-09-2008, 11:22 AM

didn't find out about it until the banking was being done the next day.. not sure who it was ufortunatly..

you know what they say though, pay peanuts, get monkeys!!

[Tonko] · 26-09-2008, 12:34 PM

There are a few fake $20 notes getting around Shepp too, lucky i got rid of mine though...

Biggav · 26-09-2008, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jcxr

I had a checkout girl have a good look at a $50 note the other day, sorta did a noticable inspection. This was in Melbourne.

she was probally checking to see if it was one she might of passed on to someone else earlier?

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HOEBAG · 26-09-2008, 05:01 PM

mmmm i've seen a couple too. would be impossible to spot in a night club.

HOEBAG · 26-09-2008, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cobra

As long as I can flog them off to the next person without them knowing it doesn't bother me.

you know this sort of thing makes our economy weaker right?

GORDZ · 26-09-2008, 08:59 PM

i'm with cobra. it's the police job to get it off the streets, but i doubt i'd be given a real $50 for my fake $50 if I was to hand it in...

[Tonko] · 26-09-2008, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jim_reaper

you know this sort of thing makes our economy weaker right?

Ok, i'll swap my fake $20 for your real one, you can hand it in and feel better about saving our economy.

xr8chick · 26-09-2008, 11:25 PM

One of the Macca's had to be shut down cause they got something like $1000 + of fake fifties.

The ones round here only had 4 stars, not 5.

Cobra · 27-09-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jim_reaper

you know this sort of thing makes our economy weaker right?

Yes, I do. I've studied economics so I am certainly cognisant of the problems it casues.. You may question my apathetic attitude towards it, when I have an understanding of what detriment fake money has on the economy. It's a concern, but I don't think it has that much effect, as I don't beleive there is that much fake money floating around. There's a lot more things in this country that put a lot more strain on our economy which I feel a lot more strongly about, but I won't go on about them here as political discussions are banned on AFF for obvious reasons.

Feathers · 27-09-2008, 11:56 AM

We used to get warned about fake notes at Woolies when I worked on checkouts, and we were told to try to rip them in half.
Plastic ones won't tear, but the paper ones will.

**GasoLane** · 27-09-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by schnoods

Anyways she went to the bank the following day and apparently they were real 50's but the part that was controversial was the name was missing where the womans names was supposed to be an they were legit.
usly come out now at the royal show with all that cashflow.

If it's a missprint at the mint I'd be taking it to a coin collector.