$30M in counterfeit money has been used in the U.S. this year. Here’s how to spot a fake

$59,000 of that amount has been successfully used in the Toledo area this year, according to the Secret Service.

[@iseeblood209]

30 million in counterfeit money isn't the problem. 100 billion to send overseas to fight other wars is.

[@glasscleaner8970]

True brother

[@bubbajones4522]

All fiat currency is counterfeit. The difference is that for once the little guy gets in on the action. Either way the end result is that the value of our paychecks and savings is diluted.

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Right. Allow putin as she pleases.

[@amadeupaiva8184]

We need to print 35 Trillion!

[@jamesferguson2353]

good thing you are a nobody

[@scatinean]

What difference does it make? The government is printing money like crazy too.

[@Chad-i9k]

It doesn't matter. The rest of the money is nearly worthless.

[@josefmazzeo6628]

Paper money is not actually paper - it's cloth.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

😂

[@dentatusdentatus1592]

And there is no actual sunrise or sunset. It is the earth revolving on its axis. 😁

[@MyBuddyJohnny]

that’s why it costs more to make money than the moneys worth

[@BeagleBob-zw7wg]

That and because the money is worth nothing

[@EmmanuelMatos-k8q]

Only for pennies and nickel A penny cost double what it is and a nickel 3 times more It actually cost 15 cents to make an 100.bill.

[@ge2623]

This is why I only counterfeit $1's

[@alexcholagh8330]

Or 2 dollar bills

[@jamescaso7505]

Lol😂

[@MikeyLee559]

Bro strippers would be pissed lol

[@EmmanuelMatos-k8q]

Yeah it cost you 3 dollars to counterfeit each one cause all that time and everything and materials No😊t profitable

[@CheekyBird790]

The international standard on what's an "acceptable" amount of counterfeit bills is typically 100 per million notes in circulation. Based on this, considering how much US currency is in circulation worldwide, your chances of encountering a counterfeit note is exceeding rare. You have a much better chance of your credit card being used without authorisation or getting a bad check.

[@elijad1376]

All money including legitimate money is not backed by the gold standard anymore so it is basically paper with a promise and you are basically accepting something worthless as having worth when it doesn't.

[@eprofessio]

That’s a lot less than I would imagine.

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

I remember back in the day the cashier had that pen to write on the money with and now the clerks think they are CSI holding my money up in the air.

[@ironbowtie]

The pen fails today versus yesteryear.

[@airtioteclint]

Did you even watch the video? They bleach real ones and print hundreds over it which passes the pen test. And they literally tell you to hold it up to the light to check the watermarks. Delete this embarrassing comment right now.

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

@@airtioteclint why are you crying about a 3 week old comment? Get a life.

[@airtioteclint]

@@StrikeBuster-b2b 2 weeks or 2 years it will always be a DA comment.

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

@@airtioteclint I think I'll leave it right there.

[@kartiersupremewhite330]

Extremely interesting and informative! Each Real bill weighs one Gram...weigh it!

[@mrhappy4521]

Except for the washed ones made to be 100s

[@stevebetween8729]

You said each "Bill" ! That's all they are. No different from a phone Bill or electric Bill. All we have are debt notes. Bills of exchange. There hasn't been any lawful "Money" in circulation since 1933 when the federal reserve banking ACT was passed. It's only a matter of time before everyone figures this all out. Implosion on the way.

[@BIGSuperstar-or4vx]

Stop lying

[@gaetanomagnifico1836]

All money is counterfeit and the money that isn't is worthless.

[@MM-xc2bt]

It only becomes fake money once someone turns it in. My job takes it still and makes sure that is the 1st change to customers. So it worked just like real $$

[@ArnoldFreeman-n9g]

Nice third world job skills.

[@MM-xc2bt]

@@ArnoldFreeman-n9g you consider usa 3rd world?

[@capitalexpenditures21]

People who never use cash: 👁👄👁

[@fswatyahoocom]

what happens if I got the money from a bank?

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

😂

[@YungCeasar]

I did

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

@@YungCeasar hehehe oh yeah so shutup 🤣🤣🤣

[@PolvoDeEstrellas77]

At this point who cares! Everything cost so much here and we just keep sending money to aid others 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@kolbybeautymakeupartist]

I believe that this is intentional, to cause disruption in the banking system.

[@YungCeasar]

I got a fake 20 from the bank

[@YungCeasar]

I got a fake money from bank

[@severinjohn]

1:57 I don't think a plain piece of paper with 4 dollar bill signs, as demonstrated in the video, is going to fool anyone.

[@Krod5484]

You’d be surprised

[@user-rw718]

This reporter is trying to hard to be cute and funny it obviously isn't working. Terrible reporter for sure. Being natural is always best

[@Look_What_You_Did]

We need to get you an interview with the Secret Service. This guy has a real nose for forgery. LOL

[@jayman1601]

It got me 😞

[@ironbowtie]

They are not about to commit a crime on TV copying a real bill just for production value.

[@2aalltheway614]

I'll give you two that most people do not know about... make sure the bill is a bit straight and then fold it in half so one half is flapping slighty in the air, if the floating side of the bill follows a magnet, it's legit. The ink in the bills (even OLD ones) is attracted to magnets (probably contains iron). Last but not least, take a white peice of paper and take your bill and swipe the collar of the president (where the ridges are) across the white paper, it should leave ink on the white paper and sometimes even see the individual lines from the ridges on the president's collar. I work with cash money so I know those 2 tricks that were not mentioned in the video above. Hope it helps someone some day.

[@chudy-ko5jb]

Wonder how much counterfeited cash is in Ukraine ? Or how much comes from there?

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

All the real money us in Ukraine.

[@SimerCCC]

The store I work at someone accepted 2 counterfeit bills. I feel the shirt of the person and see if it has ridges if it’s a $20 or higher.

[@MrSoldier13]

if you find a fake contact them and you be arrested will they replace your money ?

[@dennisgreene2544]

Welcome to the USA 😢! Harris don't care 😭😭. Help us 😢

[@gingerfeliciano9531]

No one can afford anything causing more people to risk breaking the law for it.

[@sandtoy11510]

@gingerfelciano9531 why is no one complaining about not being able to afford cigarettes, drugs and alcohol?

[@MM-xc2bt]

That's what happens when a country divides it's citizens

[@capitalexpenditures21]

⁠@@sandtoy11510Damn son, you right. I’ve never heard a single bozo complain about that. Everyone broke after spending on trash first. 💀

[@jonesy4588]

no excuse for breaking the law

[@YungCeasar]

You know what your right that's why I just want to be alone and away from everyone

[@reliefmango6]

How's it so much?

[@mathewmclean9128]

I have a bunch of counterfeit money that I purchased from china. I don't use it to make purchases, I use it to set up homeless people. I give out $20 bills to homeless people all the time and they probably don't even realize that it's counterfeit money. The idea is that they don't even think of that consideration and they try to use it then they get arrested for pedaling counterfeit money. I just purchased a large box of realistic-looking prop money so when this batch of counterfeit money runs out, I can still continue to retaliate against homeless people buy tricking them into unknowingly spending fake money. And it's actually pretty easy to get away with because homeless people are given lots of money every day so they won't remember who gave them the fake bill.

[@markf296]

I notice that when I use a 100 dollar bill at Walmart they will mark it to see if it's real but when payday comes I never get bills with marks on them. I wonder was that is ?

[@knuclear200x]

im so paranoid by experience that I even check 20's. The day they emulate print bumps too, I'm quitting cashiering forever

[@robert48044]

do self check out confiscate counterfeit bills or does it just give it back like it didn't go through

[@houdinihir9549]

If you are going to use counterfeit money, use only $20 ones

[@eugemorin7786]

Usa funny smelling money is probably the easiest money to copy

[@ArnoldFreeman-n9g]

They won’t update to the plastic polymer money. Still using paper.

[@bitcoinski]

Meanwhile...taxpayers owe $1 Trillion bucks in interest alone to the FED...EVERY YEAR.

[@MrBonafide300]

So people should start walking around with UV light torches just to check bills..? Just send the money via digital means like M-Pesa or Visa

[@freespirittransport5139]

But the govt. Laundering money is perfectly ok! 😂😅

[@christopherbasham1551]

Article I, Section 10, Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

[@boingboingpepper]

You can also run a real bill on a while piece of paper. The ink will run off on the v while paper but not smear on a real bill

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

😂 i know me and someone else can pull that

[@Cheeseburger660]

Why don't you guys turn paper money to plastic like we did in Canada?

[@Killerviz80]

I mean they are just doing the same thing or government does…printing more money whenever they want. lol. I guess it’s one way to fight inflation though. 😂

[@daviddiehl-gy2sq]

It says MOVIE THEATER MONEY ON IT. Its sold on ebay.

[@mrdave777]

Over 35 trillion in debt. Can I just pay interest on my debt till I die?

[@AllCreaturesCount]

It is all fake money.

[@CheekyBird790]

all money is fake lol. its a figment of our imaginations

[@StevenHer-sz1jb]

Who would have time to check all that?😂 Not all people know about all that too😂😂

[@rollinia7770]

Some people burn fake money while others use it as toliet papers 📃.

[@beexiong2171]

paper is paper lol

[@aaronhuntnz]

What a great camera phone app for the govt to produce that confirms you bills legal tender

[@Justindixon24]

Only do 20’s and if u write on it it’s still gonna say it’s real depends on your setup gotta buy a few things tho 🧑🏾‍💻

[@NotMe-h8q]

Good F taxes too

[@unionash1]

Just get rid of money and work together as a society…the only reason money exists is because people can’t live among each other and collaborate

[@canadianpsycho1867]

maybe because american money looks so basic. i would never be fooled by a fake canadian bill for example.

[@davidgolf3245]

How about fake maple syrup, eh?? Just messing with you. Cheers from Australia.

[@aymanhawari2589]

New 20s, 50s and 100s dont

[@tm-jk2do]

Canadian dollar is useless so why fake it in the first place. Plus you can just go to target, buy a monopoly game set, and you have Canadian bills. Worthless

[@archur111]

It's the chinese, sorry tp break it to you, they have the tech. They sell it at a discount to circulate it. Its not the guys with a photocopier.

[@henricomartin101]

2:19 you fool, old Benjamin Franklin wasn't a president

[@thefix2573]

Hey now, only Banksters can print monopoly money.

[@rcdude86]

Doesn’t surprise me. No one got any extra money.

[@dmo848]

I used to get them at the supermarket all the time. They flat out told me to pass it back cause you will lose that amount of money to the government. Yeah f that i said. I think i was 17 or 18 at the time. It was from my paycheck that the store would cash. I remember how mad i was. I'm like umm y'all messed up. She said no you messed up. 🤣😂 Like what. Here take this 100 for 5, 20s thank u. That felt dumb.

[@Look_What_You_Did]

The employer committed a felony. You have to be paid for all hours worked. They might be able to fire you... but pay you they must.

[@Daniel-r6q3q]

George Floyd used a fake $ 20.00 at Cup Foods. Then the owner called the police.

[@skyeevl7656]

Contact the police department? Yeah they will take 2 hours to come

[@Toogoodtobetrue458]

Hi kalie! Ben Franklin was not a president

[@MichaelRasmussen-x4w]

Breaking news: it's all fake Fiat anyway 😮

[@Jeramy-ec3dp]

yeah i just made that last night man

[@partiallyhuman]

Government does this all the time

[@SunsyloSouvannaraj-rh6zm]

I’m not that smart to make a counterfeit 💴 so 😂😂😂

[@ElizabethHurtado-py8ur]

They should have fingerprint on them

[@cesareperitore8740]

If I got stuck with one and spent it I wouldn't know but if it works that good then I don't have any problems with it 😅

[@c0dymach1ne]

So they now making the exact same money. I suppose real money got the fibers going for them

[@michaelbatson1879]

It's a FAAAAKKKEEEE!

[@Dareal_keithpatel]

What if your a nobody and need to do people wrong to get a name ?

[@Splatoongalaxy3]

Microwave society

[@P2Feener305]

😂🤣 I get in trouble 🤣😂 sure

[@aaronvilla13]

Counterfeit this

[@wildeninja2836]

Not bleach lol. They use brake cleaner

[@Look_What_You_Did]

They are not naming a chemical loser. They are citing a process.

[@DragonAlchemist0]

What would funny? If the trump 2 dollar bike was apart of those counterfeit.

[@MattOlshove-fk7us]

Nice tell everyone how to do it

[@angelchavez8610]

Same goes to artificial love

[@FredGrace]

What per day. 😂😂😂😂

[@phoebusapollo4677]

They look real to me! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Lama12339]

Different president…lol

[@mikethorson7243]

Peanuts

[@user-rw718]

This reporter is trying to hard to be cute and funny it obviously isn't working. Terrible reporter for sure. Being natural is always best

[@Robert-f8w6x]

But 30million got stolen also but then you got idiots

[@Fishheadsforall]

Bidenomics is working

[@wiscopyro]

Do explain how counterfeit currency has anything to do with any president. Or do you just say nonsensical things so the 🐑 give you likes, because it makes you feel good?

[@ILovePancakes24]

Maganomics is working

[@jonesy4588]

the usual suspects

[@HabilUddine-u4i]

Clark Timothy Johnson Anthony Allen Brian

[@glasscleaner8970]

This is irrelevant 😴 accept them

[@Lama12339]

D a m n 0:29

[@hilwaamanamankiyar-pp5bf]

KGW

[@alwaysconfused7664]

Lmaooo White America

[@open5561]

This why people are using virtual money.

[@hilwaamanamankiyar-pp5bf]

WTOL

[@summertimeeebby]

*Bidenomics*

[@alandoughty6320]

You can’t print money on modern printers !