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Police warn about counterfeit notes

Bermuda $100 bills for tuna fish.This followed the news that two more counterfeit Bermuda $100 bills had been successfully passed at local businesses.

Bermuda $100 bills for tuna fish.

This followed the news that two more counterfeit Bermuda $100 bills had been successfully passed at local businesses.

The Royal Gazette reported on July 4 that Police were on the lookout for counterfeiters after two bills were passed at businesses.

The latest bogus bills were also produced on a colour copier and one bore a similar serial number as the first two -- C/1 079361.

The other note had the serial number C/1 069267.

A Police statement said: "There are several ways to distinguish the counterfeits from genuine $100 notes.'' These include: When held up to the light, no tuna fish watermark is visible in the counterfeit; The fluorescent silver metallic images on the back of a genuine note are only reproduced as dull grey detail on the counterfeit note; The distinctive lead line, which runs from the top to the bottom of a genuine note, is barely visible in the counterfeit, and; The counterfeit notes are noticeably smaller than the genuine notes.

The Police are asking members of the public who think they have a suspected counterfeit note to take it to the nearest Police station for verification.

And brochures on counterfeit currency are available from all Police stations -- free of charge.