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st weekender november 271993 pi i pholoaori emuerson under scrutiny andrew jerabek examines a bobble at the craft show on bayberry cres last weekend there are more craft shows on this weekend as christmas draws ever nearer cm day seminar designed to curb counterfeiting the passing of counterfeit cash is on the rise and police enlisted business owners and bankers to help block the flow const mike burns is with the fraud department at the police station serving stouf- fville he headed a community workshop last thursday to help people identity phony american and canadian money even poor copies can be suc cessfully passed into the hands of innocent shopkeepers most of it is terrible he said burns recalled a really bad attempt at counterfeiting a 20 bill that was actual a one dollar bill the culprit had photocopied a 20 bill cut out the denomina tion and pasted the number 20 over the number one this fooled the clerk long enough for the crook to get away but some fake money looks so real even the police cant tell the difference we had to sent the money to ottawa it as so good some business owners said they were afraid of offending customers by questioning their money burns said its a matter of not wanting to lose money because counterfeit bills are worthless burns said counterfeiters will either buy a small item like a package of gum and pocket the change from a fake 20 or 50 or they will pay for a large tick et item with phony currency if theyre not after the change theyre after the product dale pettit manager of a national trust branch said learning to identify counterfeit money is necessary for anyone dealing with a lot of money on a daytoday basis his bank does not take american 50 or 100 bills from noncustomers because of the fear of counter feit cash fits easy to say to use com mon sense but when youre counting money so fast you may miss it said bank employee marjorie cutler we may as well be wise you never know when youre going to run into it said eric fergu son 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