What to do with a fake bill

Every day it is more usual for people with few scruples to falsify money bills, the most common is to falsify 5 or 10 euros bills since they are little revised bills that people take without paying much attention. Next in .com we will explain what you should do if a false bill falls into your hands .

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Never exchange tickets to strangers or untrustworthy persons, or exchange or similar.

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Special mention deserves the transactions between individuals, especially when the purchase is of great value, in this case it is advisable not to receive large sums of money on paper or perform the operation before a notary.

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If you work in a store or in a place where people pay with bills you should buy a counterfeit detector, it is recommended that they be approved equipment and reviewed by the EC.

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If you still managed to get a false bill you must hand it to the police so that it analyzes its origin and can stop the counterfeiters.

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You must go to a bank where they will confirm if the ticket is false or not.

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If there is suspicion, the entity will retain the ticket to send it to the Analysis Center of the Bank of Spain to determine if it is or not. In this case, do not forget to ask for a receipt, because if the ticket is legal tender you have the right to recover your money.

• If you find it lying on the street or you do not know its origin, you can go to any bank office or the Police to deliver it and verify that it really is a copy.
• Remember that when someone sneaks one of these copied bills does not have to know, since the paper in question may have moved from hand to hand without having gone through any method of detecting fakes.