Hat tip to Shane Nichols for passing along this information from the Chamber of Commerce. The notice:
Attention Businesses:
The Monrovia Police Department has sent us this information to pass on to our businesses. The attached is what the altered bills look like.
Secret Service has issued a warning about counterfeit bills being used in our area. (See the attached PDF File) One hundred dollar bills are being reproduced from $5.00 bills. Counterfeiters are bleaching $5.00 bills and reprinting them as $100.00 bills with ink jet printers.
Check for the correct watermark. It should be Benjamin Franklin NOT Abraham Lincoln on a $100.00 bill. Check the security thread. It should show as a PINK strip NOT Blue and read "USA 100" when held to the light.
Karin Crehan
Executive Director
Monrovia Chamber of Commerce
Attention Businesses:
The Monrovia Police Department has sent us this information to pass on to our businesses. The attached is what the altered bills look like.
Secret Service has issued a warning about counterfeit bills being used in our area. (See the attached PDF File) One hundred dollar bills are being reproduced from $5.00 bills. Counterfeiters are bleaching $5.00 bills and reprinting them as $100.00 bills with ink jet printers.
Check for the correct watermark. It should be Benjamin Franklin NOT Abraham Lincoln on a $100.00 bill. Check the security thread. It should show as a PINK strip NOT Blue and read "USA 100" when held to the light.
Karin Crehan
Executive Director
Monrovia Chamber of Commerce
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Watch your wallet. Lock it up and stay safe! Frank
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